Conquests of Selim II
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Expansion during the rule of Selim II in the Ottoman Empire.
Chronology
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January 1568: Özdemir Pasha, a deputy of the Ottoman Empire admiral, conquered the west bank of the Red Sea in 1567 during the reign of Selim II. This territory roughly corresponds to a narrow coastal strip of Sudan and Eritrea.
January 1570: The Ottomans again conquered Tunis in 1569 and held it for four years.
January 1567: Hydra (Idra), 1204-1566 Venetian Colony.
January 1567: The Genoese controlled the island of Chios from 1304 to 1329 and again from 1346 to 1566. In 1566, the territory was taken over by the Ottoman Empire. Chios was an important trading hub for the Genoese, known for its production of mastic resin.
January 1571: The Ottoman Turks made multiple advances further inland conquering Eritrea. The sanjak of Ibrim was established in the 1560s.
March 1571: Upon the death of John II in 1571 the Royal House of Báthory came to power and ruled Transylvania as princes under the Ottomans.
January 1573: Hotin conquered by turkey.
January 1573: Conquests in Hungary by the Ottomans in 1572.
September 1574: The Conquest of Tunis in 1574 marked the final conquest of Tunis by the Ottoman Empire over the Spanish Empire.
January 1570: In 1569, the territory of Tunis was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. In 1573-1574, Spanish forces attempted to regain control of Tunis, but were ultimately unsuccessful in their campaign.
August 1571: Famagusta fell to the Ottomans in August 1571 after a siege that lasted nearly a year.
January 1571: Losses of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom to the Ottomans by the time of the Treaty of Speyer (1570)
Was an Ottoman military campaign in modern-day Eritrea.
January 1558: Özdemir Pasha took the port city of Massawa and the adjacent city of Arqiqo, even taking Debarwa.
January 1558: The Ottoman force was attacked and defeated by the local peasants in Massawa.
January 1573: The Ottomans withdrew from Debarwa in 1572, which Yeshaq of Medri Bahri quickly occupied.
January 1580: Ethiopian emperor Sarsa Dengel retook Debarwa.
January 1562: The Bahr negash Yeshaq had bad relations with Emperor Menas, who had just assumed the throne, so in 1561 he revolted against Menas, but the following year he was defeated in battle. Yeshaq then fled to the Ottomans and promised to cede them Debarwa, Massawa, Arqiqo, and all the land in between in return for their help.
January 1573: Medri Bahri returned Massawa, Arqiqo, Debarwa, and Hirgigo to the Ottomans as a result of an earlier agreement.
Was a war of the Ottoman Empire against the Republic of Venice and the Holy League.
2.1.Ottoman conquest of Cyprus
Was an Ottoman military campaign that resulted in the annexion of Cyprus, a Venetian possession at the time.
Was the Ottoman conquest of Tunis, controlled by Spain at the time.
September 1574: Final conquest of Tunis by the Ottoman Empire over the Spanish Empire. This was an event of great significance as it decided that North Africa would be under Muslim rather than Christian rule.
