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| 1516 | Battle of Mercidabik |  |
| 24th Aug Mercidabik Defeats the Mamelukes |
| 1520 | Succession | |
| 21st Sep Succeeds as Sultan of Turkey |
| 1521 | Capture of Belgrade | |
| Belgrade Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Belgrade |
| Belgrade The Austro-Hungarians besiege Buda but are unsuccessful |
| 1521 | Capture of Shabotz | |
| 8th July Shabotz The Turks capture Shabotz |
| 1521 | Invasion of Hungary | |
| May Launches an invasion of Hungary |
| 1521 | Siege of Belgrade | |
| Belgrade Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Belgrade |
| 1522 | Invasion of Rhodes | |
| 25th June Rhodes Lands on Rhodes with a Turkish army including 100,000 men |
| 1522 | Siege of Rhodes | |
| Rhodes Suleyman I the Magnificent drives the Order of St John out Rhodes |
| 28th July Rhodes Begins the siege of Rhodes |
| Dec Rhodes Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Rhodes |
| 1st Dec Rhodes Begins negotiations after heavy losses on both sides |
| 15th Dec Rhodes Peace negotiations break down & the siege continues |
| 18th Dec Rhodes Breaks into the city of Rhodes |
| 20th Dec Rhodes Resumes negotiations |
| 1523 | Capture of Rhodes | |
| 1st Jan Rhodes Captured after a 6 month siege, once the base of the knights of St John |
| 1st Jan Rhodes The Turks lose 50,000 |
| 1523 | Siege of Rhodes | |
| 1st Jan Rhodes Captured after a 6 month siege, once the base of the knights of St John |
| 1st Jan Rhodes The Turks lose 50,000 |
| 1524 | Treaty of Poland | |
| Signs a neutrality treaty with Poland |
| 1525 | Invasion of Danube | |
| River Danube Leads a Turkish campaign on the Danube front, 1526-1525 |
| 1526 | Battle of Mohacs | |
| 28th Aug Mohacs Reaches the Plain of Mohacs & discovers the Hungarian army preparing for battle |
| 28th Aug Mohacs Within a few weeks Buda & Pest fall to the Turks |
| 29th Aug Mohacs The Hungarians lose 10,000 infantry & 5.000 cavalry, the Hungarian army flees |
| 1526 | Capture of Baghdad | |
| Baghdad Captures Baghdad from Persia |
| 1526 | Capture of Buda | |
| 10th Sep Buda After the battle of Mohacs the Turks capture Buda |
| 1526 | Rule of Hungary | |
| Sep Decides to make Hungary a tributary kingdom under John Zapolya rather than capture it |
| 1527 | Rebellion | |
| Anatolia Reurns from Hungary to suppress a rebellion in Anatolia |
| Anatollia Reurns from Hungary to suppress a rebellion in Anatolia |
| Anatolia Reurns from Hungary to suppress a rebellion in Anatolia |
| Anatollia Reurns from Hungary to suppress a rebellion in Anatolia |
| Anatolia Reurns from Hungary to suppress a rebellion in Anatolia |
| 1528 | Alliance | |
| Suleyman I the Magnificent makes an alliance with Zapolya |
| Sep Prepares to invade Hungary & makes a secret alliance with France against the Hapsburgs |
| 1528 | Invasion of Hungary | |
| Sep Prepares to invade Hungary & makes a secret alliance with France against the Hapsburgs |
| 1529 | Battle of Pressburg | |
| Nov Pressburg The Turkish flotilla carrying artilery after the siege of Vienna suffers severe damage |
| 1529 | Capture of Buda | |
| Buda The Turks capture Buda |
| 1529 | Capture of Hungary | |
| 8th Sep Establishes John Zapolyai as his puppet King of Hungary |
| 1529 | Invasion of Austria | |
| 10th Sep River Danube Begins an invasion of Austria up the River Danube |
| 1529 | Invasion of Hungary | |
| In 1528 Francis I made war on Charles V who found himself in difficulties & appeals to the Ottomans who re-entered Hungary |
| 6th Aug Invades Hungary with a force of 80,000 men |
| 6th Aug Joins up with Zapolya who is at the head of an army of 6000 Hungarians |
| 6th Aug Essek Joins up with Zapolya who is at the head of an army of 6000 Hungarians |
| 1529 | Siege of Vienna | |
| Vienna Advances West against Archduke Ferdinand & besieges Vienna for the 1st time then withdraws after 3 weeks leaving a garrison of Janissaries in Buda |
| 23rd Sep Vienna Skirmishing between Austrian & Turkish patrols |
| 27th Sep Vienna The Turks cut off the lines of communication to Bavaria & Bohemia |
| 15th Oct Vienna Forced to withdraw from Vienna |
| 1530 | Capture of Gran | |
| Gran The Austro-Hungarians capture Gran & advance as far as Buda-Pest |
| 1531 | Siege of Buda | |
| Buda The Austro-Hungarians besiege Buda but are unsuccessful |
| 1532 | Battle of Guns | |
| 8th Sep Guns Forced to withdraw from Austro-Hungary along the Drava River |
| 8th Sep Guns Turned back at Guns after his invasion of Austro-Hungary |
| 1532 | Invasion of Austria | |
| 25th June Belgrade Launches an invasion force of Austro-Hungary from Belgrade |
| 1532 | Invasion of Hungary | |
| 25th June Belgrade Launches an invasion force of Austro-Hungary from Belgrade & gives Zupolyai the Hungarian crown |
| 1533 | Capture of Tabriz | |
| July Tabriz Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Tabriz |
| 1533 | Homage | |
| Ferdinand & Zapolya pay tribute to Suleyman |
| 1533 | Invasion of Azebaijan | |
| Azebaijan Turkey invades Azebaijan & captures further territory |
| 1533 | Peace | |
| Concludes an "eternal peace" with Ferdinand in order to concentrate on war with Persia |
| 1533 | Rule of Hungary | |
| Ferdinand is given control of the north & west of Hungary |
| 1534 | Capture of Baghdad | |
| Dec Baghdad Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Baghdad |
| 1534 | Invasion of Mesopotamia | |
| Mesopotamia Invades Mesopotamia & recaptures Baghdad |
| 1535 | Capture of Tabriz | |
| Tabriz Captures Tabriz after failing to force the Shah of Persia to do battle |
| 1535 | Massacre Tabriz | |
| Tabriz Captures Tabriz after failing to force the Shah of Persia to do battle |
| 1536 | Assassination | |
| 30th Mar Has Ibrahim Pasha assassinated at the instigation of his wife |
| 1536 | Capture of Minorca | |
| Minorca The Turks capture Minorca |
| 1536 | Death | |
| 30th Mar Has Ibrahim Pasha assassinated at the instigation of his wife |
| 1537 | Capture of Valona | |
| Valona The Turks capture Valona |
| 1538 | Capture of Tabriz | |
| Tabriz Occupies Tabriz again during further border disputes with Persia |
| 1543 | Capture of Gran | |
| Aug Gran Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Gran |
| 1543 | Capture of Nice | |
| Nice The Turks capture Nice |
| 1543 | Capture of Palamos | |
| Palamos The Turks capture Palamos |
| 1543 | Capture of Rosas | |
| Rosas The Turks capture Rosas |
| 1543 | Capture of Stuhlweissenberg | |
| Aug Stuhlweissenber Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Stuhlweissenberg |
| 1543 | Invasion of Austria | |
| April Suleyman I the Magnificent invades Austria |
| 1544 | Invasion of Austria | |
| Aug Suleyman I the Magnificent gives up plans to invade Austria |
| Aug Suleyman I the Magnificent makes peace with Ferdinand |
| 1544 | Peace | |
| Aug Suleyman I the Magnificent makes peace with Ferdinand |
| 1545 | Peace | |
| Suleyman I the Magnificent signs a 1 yr truce with Charles V |
| 1545 | Treaty of Adrianople | |
| Aug Adrianople Charles V & Suleyman make peace in the treaty of Adrianople |
| 1547 | Peace | |
| Suleyman I the Magnificent signs a 5-year truce in 1547 with Charles and Ferdinand, on Ottoman terms |
| 1550 | Rule of Samos | |
| Samos Samos is colonized by the Turks |
| 1551 | Capture of Nicosia | |
| Nicosia The Turks capture Nicosia |
| 1551 | Capture of Tripoli | |
| Tripoli The Turks capture Triploi |
| 1552 | Capture of Erzerum | |
| Erzerum The Turks capture Erzerumm |
| 1553 | Capture of Corsica | |
| Corsica Suleyman I the Magnificent captures Corsica for the French |
| 1553 | Rebellion | |
| Paris Suppresses a Janissarian revolt |
| 1554 | Capture of Erzerum | |
| Erzerum Captures Erzerum which had been occupied by the Persians |
| 1554 | Capture of Georgia | |
| Georgia Captures Georgia & establishes a Turkish foothold on the Caspian Sea |
| 1555 | Treaty of Amasia | |
| Amasia Ends the war with Persia |
| 1559 | Assassination | |
| Bayazid is killed by the Shah of Pesia after a payment from Suleyman |
| 1559 | Battle of Konya | |
| Konya Death of Bayazid, killed by the Shah of Pesia after a payment from Suleyman |
| Konya Suleyman & his son Selim defeat his other son Bayazid |
| 1559 | Death | |
| Death of Bayazid, killed by the Shah of Pesia after a payment from Suleyman |
| 1560 | Capture of Jerba | |
| Jerba The Turks capture Jerba |
| 1562 | Peace | |
| Aug Prague Suleyman I the Magnificent & Ferdinand make peace |
| 1563 | Capture of Oran | |
| Oran The Turks capture Oran |
| 1564 | Battle of Lepanto | |
| 7th Oct Lepanto A coalition of Chris tian naval powers ends the Turkish maritime threat |
| 1565 | Capture of St Elmo | |
| 23rd June St Elmo The Turks capture St Elmo but lose 8,000 |
| 1565 | Invasion of Malta | |
| 18th May Malta Admiral Piali's fleet of 181 vessels is 1st sighted off Malta |
| 19th May Marsasirocco Suleyman I the Magnificent lands at Marsasirocco Bay |
| 8th Sep Malta Suleyman I the Magnificent calls off the invasion |
| 8th Sep Malta Suleyman I the Magnificent orders the embarkation of Turkish survivors |
| 8th Sep Malta Turkish defeat ends Moslem expansion in the Mediterranean |
| 9th Sep St Pauls Bay The last Turkish galley leaves Malta |
| 1565 | Siege of Senglea | |
| 15th July Senglea Suleyman I the Magnificent launches an attack on Senglea & the Fort of St Michael |
| 7th Aug Senglea Suleyman I the Magnificent cals off the attack on Senglea & the Fort of St Michael |
| 1565 | Siege of Valetta | |
| 8th Sep Valetta Turkish defeat ends Moslem expansion in the Mediterranean |
| 1566 | Capture of Noxos | |
| Noxos The Turks capture Noxos from Venice |
| 1566 | Capture of Szigeth | |
| Szigeth The Turks capture Szigeth |
| 1566 | Death | |
| 6th Sep Szigeth Death of Suleyman I the Magnificent, during the capture of Szigeth |
| 1566 | Invasion of Austria | |
| July Leads an invasion force of 100,000 into Austria |
