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Ottoman Sultan

monarch of the Ottoman empire

65 dated entries naming Ottoman Sultan, drawn from 52 separate years between 1389 CE and 1926 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Ottoman Emperor, Ottoman sultan, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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14th century

  • 1389June 16 – The day after the Battle of Kosovo, Bayezid I succeeds his father Murad I as Ottoman Sultan, and Stefan Lazarević succeeds his father Lazar as ruler of Serbia.source

15th century

  • 1403March 8 – Beyazid, Ottoman Sultan (born 1354)source
  • 1404June – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1451)source
  • 1421May 26 – Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (born 1389)source
  • 1432March 30 – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (died 1481)source
  • 1447December 3 – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1512)source
  • 1451February 3 – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (born 1404)source
  • 1476November 26 – Vlad the Impaler declares himself reigning Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia for the third and last time. He is killed on the march to Bucharest, probably before the end of December. His head is sent to his old enemy, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.source
  • 1481May 3 – Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (born 1432)source
  • 1494November 6 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (died 1566)source

16th century

  • 1512May 26 – Selim I succeeds Bayezid II, as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1512May 26 – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (born 1447)source
  • 1520September 22 – Suleiman I succeeds his father Selim I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He is officially crowned on September 30 and will rule until 1566.source
  • 1520September 22 – Selim I, Ottoman Sultan (born 1470)source
  • 1524May 28 – Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1574)source
  • 1541Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent seals off The Golden Gate in Jerusalem, likely because of a prophecy that the Messiah would return through this gate to Jerusalem.source
  • 1543April 23 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, follows up on his 1541 annexation of Hungary by invading a second time to capture areas that had been taken by Archduke Ferdinand, including Esztergom.source
  • 1543July 25 – Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Sultan, begins the siege of the city of Esztergom in Hungary.source
  • 1546July 4 – Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (died 1595)source
  • 1548June 11 – Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire begins an invasion of Safavid Iran that will last for almost two years before he abandons it.source
  • 1566May 26 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Sultan (died 1603)source
  • 1566August 6 – The siege of Szigetvár is begun by Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. This is the Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent.source
  • 1566September 6 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan since 1520 (born 1494)source
  • 1566September 7 – Suleiman the Magnificent dies in his tent of natural causes aged 71 the day before the end of the siege of Szigetvár, and Selim II succeeds him as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1574December 12 – Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (born 1524)source
  • 1590April 18 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (died 1617)source
  • 1595January 15 – Murad III, Ottoman Sultan (born 1546)source

17th century

  • 1603December 22 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Sultan (born 1566)source
  • 1612July 27 – Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (died 1640)source
  • 1615November 5 – Ibrahim, Ottoman Sultan (died 1648)source
  • 1617November 22 – Mustafa I succeeds Ahmed I, as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1617November 22 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (born 1590)source
  • 1618February 26 – Osman II deposes his uncle Mustafa I as Ottoman sultan (until 1622).source
  • 1622May 20 – Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (born 1604)source
  • 1623September 10 – Murat IV, age 11, succeeds his deposed uncle Mustafa I as Ottoman Emperor. Because Murat is a minor, his mother, Kösem Sultan, serves as regent until 1632.source
  • 1639January 20 – Mustafa I, Ottoman Sultan (born 1592)source
  • 1640February 9 – Ibrahim I succeeds his brother Murad IV (r. 1623–1640) as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; he will rule until his death in 1648.source
  • 1640February 9 – Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (born 1612)source
  • 1642April 15 – Suleiman II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1691)source
  • 1648August 8 – Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648), as Ottoman Emperor.source
  • 1648August 18 – Ibrahim, Ottoman Sultan (born 1615)source
  • 1664February 6 – Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1703)source
  • 1673December 30 – Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (died 1736)source
  • 1687November 8 – Suleiman II succeeds the deposed Mehmed IV, as Ottoman Emperor.source
  • 1691June 23 – Ahmed II (1691–1695) succeeds Suleiman II (1687–1691), as Ottoman Emperor.source
  • 1695February 6 – Mustafa II (1664 – 1703) succeeds his uncle, Ahmed II as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.source

18th century

  • 1703December 28 – Ahmed III succeeds the deposed Mustafa II as Ottoman Emperor.source
  • 1725March 20 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (died 1789)source
  • 1730September 17 – Mahmud I (died 1754) succeeds Ahmed III (ruled since 1703) as Ottoman Emperor.source
  • 1736July 1 – Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (born 1673)source
  • 1754December 13 – Osman III succeeds his brother Mahmud I as Ottoman Emperor; he will rule until his death in 1757.source
  • 1789April 7 – Selim III (1789–1807) succeeds Abdul Hamid I (1773–1789) as Ottoman Sultan.source
  • 1789April 7 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (born 1725)source

19th century

  • 1807May 29 – Selim III, Ottoman Emperor since 1789, is deposed in favour of his nephew Mustafa IV.source
  • 1823April 25 – Abdülmecid I, Ottoman Sultan (died 1861)source
  • 1839July 1 – Abdülmecid I (1839–1861) succeeds Mahmud II (1808–1839) as Ottoman Emperor.source
  • 1842September 22 – Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1918)source
  • 1861January 14 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (died 1926)source
  • 1861June 25 – Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1823)source
  • 1867April 1–November 3 – Exposition Universelle, an international exhibition in Paris. Among the visitors is Abdülaziz, making the first visit of a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to Western Europe.source
  • 1876May 30 – Abdülaziz is deposed by his nephew Murad V as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire on the grounds of mismanaging the economy; 6 days later, Abdülaziz is found dead at the Çırağan Palace in Istanbul and 93 days later Murad is deposed by Abdul Hamid II on the grounds of mental illness. For this reason, in Turkey 1876 is known as the 'Year of the Three Sultans'.source
  • 1876June 4 – Abdülaziz, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)source
  • 1876August 31 – Murad V, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.source

20th century

  • 1905May 22 – Abdul Hamid II, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire establishes the Ullah millet for the Aromanians of the empire. For this reason, the Aromanian National Day is sometimes celebrated on this day. The decision is publicly announced the next day, which is more commonly celebrated.source
  • 1926May 16 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (born 1861)source

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