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Events relating to the ottoman empire
Osman inherits the leadership of the tribal group later known by a version of his name, as the Ottoman Turks
Gallipoli is taken by the Ottoman Turks, giving them their first foothold in Europe
Victory at Kosovo gives the Ottoman Turks control over Serbia, which becomes a vassal state
The Ottoman sultan Bayazid I brings the Slav kingdom of Bulgaria under his control
The Ottoman sultan Bayazid is defeated and captured near Ankara by Timur, who keeps the sultan in captivity until his death the following year
Skanderbeg, Albania's national hero, begins his long campaign of successes against the Turks
Christian boys, trained as slaves in the personal service of the Turkish sultan, acquire considerable power as the elite corps of janissaries
The Turks terrify Constantinople by lobbing vast stones at the city from a 19-ton bombard of cast iron
Constantinople falls to a 21-year-old Muslim conqueror, Mehmed II, bringing the Ottoman Turks their capital city
The Christian emperor Constantine XI dies in the fighting in Constantinople, as the Greek Byzantine empire yields to that of the Ottoman Turks
The Turks complete the occupation of Greece, which remains within the Ottoman empire until the nineteenth century
Mehmed II, conqueror of Constantinople, begins to build Topkapi Sarayi as his palace
Mehmed II and the Ottoman Turks conquer Bosnia, where a large number of noble families convert to Islam
Skanderbeg dies and Albania becomes fully absorbed into the Ottoman empire
The name of Constantinople changes to Istanbul, a word based on the everyday Greek name for the city
Bayazid II, the Turkish sultan, makes a special point of welcoming in Istanbul the Jews expelled from Spain
The Ottoman sultan, Selim I, captures Cairo and ends Mameluke rule in the middle east
From Bosnia to Egypt and Arabia, the Ottoman Turks now rule the largest Muslim empire since the early caliphate - and will frequently use the title of caliph to assert their authority within Sunni Islam
The Turkish sultan, Suleiman I, marches into the kingdom of Hungary and captures Belgrade
Suleiman I takes Buda (now Budapest), and by 1547 the Turks occupy almost the whole of Hungary
Hungary is divided, by agreement between the Turkish sultan Suleiman I and the Habsburg ruler Ferdinand I
Sinan completes his masterpiece, the mosque of Suleiman I in Istanbul
Spanish and Venetian galleys defeat the Turks in the battle of Lepanto
The Ottoman empire finally asserts control over the north African coast, in the footsteps of Muslim pirates
The Blue Mosque, commissioned by Ahmed I, begins to rise in Istanbul like a twin to the nearby Santa Sophia
