Timeline of the Ottoman
Empire
Timur the
Lame crushes
the Ottomans
in the Battle of
Ankara and
burns down
Baghdad in
Iraq
The official
founding of
the Ottoman
Empire by
Osman I
1299
1361
Orham I
declares
himself sultan
and in 1361 the
Ottomans
capture the
city of
Adrianople
1402
Salim the Grim
defeated the Safavids
of Persia at the Battle
of Chaldiron. He
captured the Holy
Lands of Mecca and
Madina as well as
conquored Egypt
1453
Mehmet II
managed to
defeat the
Byzantines and
took control of
the city of
Constantinople.
1514
The
Empire
official
ended and
Turkey
became a
Republic.
1521
Suleyman
captured
Belgrade. He
expands the
Empire to its
largest size.
1922