Ottoman Empire Dates
- Beginning Date: 1299 (proclaimed by Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman dynasty, in Anatolia)
- End Date: 1922 (when the Ottoman sultanate was officially abolished)
Key Timeline Milestones
- Foundation (1299): Osman I established the independent principality that grew into the empire.
- Capital Expansion (1326): Capture of Bursa, which later served as an early capital.
- Conquest of Constantinople (1453): Sultan Mehmed II captured the Byzantine capital, cementing imperial dominance.
- Peak of Power (1683): The empire reached its maximum territorial extent under Suleiman the Magnificent and subsequent rulers before the second siege of Vienna failed.
- Dissolution (1922–1923): Following defeat in World War I, the last sultan, Mehmed VI, was deposed in 1922, and the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923.
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