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Name: Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)

Type: Event

Start: 1485 AD

End: 1580 AD

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Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.

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  • January 1542: The Khotyn area becomes part of Moldavia.
  • January 1561: The area was occupied by Ottoman forces in the middle of the 16th century under the leadership of Suleiman the Magnificent, who expanded the empire's territory into the Lhasa eyalet region in 1560.
  • January 1551: In 1550, the Ottoman Empire imposed a naval blockade on Guria and annexed its southern provinces of Adjara, Northern Chaneti, and Machakheli.
  • October 1555: In 1555, the Ottomans, supported by the Kabyles, won the Battle of Béjaia and liberated the city from Spanish occupation.
  • January 1539: Ottoman sultan Suleiman occupied Suceava and annexed Bessarabia.
  • February 1554: Sultan Abū Hasūn `Ali was the ruler of Fez who fled to Europe in 1550. The Pasha of Algiers supported him with an army to reclaim Fez from the Saadians. In January 1554, the Ottoman Empire, led by Abu Hassoun, successfully occupied Fez.
  • January 1558: coastline of medri bahri conquered by Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1558: The Sultanate of Dahlak was occupied by the Ottoman Empire, who made it part of the Habesh Eyalet.
  • January 1521: Kheireddine Barbarossa seizes the city of Collo with the help of the locals.
  • August 1521: Siege of Belgrade.
  • January 1522: An assembly made up of Algiers notables decided to submit Algeria to the Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1522: Constantine conquered by Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1522: The Jabrid Emirate, ruled by the Jabrid dynasty, collapsed in 1521 after being invaded by the Muntafiq tribe of Basrah and later by the Ottoman Turks. The territory was then absorbed into the expanding Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1523: The Beylik of Dulkadir was annexed by the Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1523: Annaba conquered by Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1523: The Knights were ousted by the Ottomans from the island of Rhodes (and neighbouring islands of the Dodecanese island group).
  • January 1523: Venetian Syros (Siro), 1207-1522.
  • January 1526: The Ottomans recaptured Alger definitively in 1525.
  • January 1527: The Ottomans occupied Sawakin.
  • January 1530: A treaty is signed between the Kingdom ot Ait Abbas and the Kingdom of Kalâa.
  • January 1530: John I of Hungary swore fealty to the Ottoman sultan in 1529.
  • January 1532: In 1531, the prince of Bitlis withdrew his support for the Ottomans and turned towards the Safavids instead, an event that lead to the capture of the principality by the Ottomans.
  • January 1535: In 1534, during the 6th (Irakeyn) campaign of Suleyman I, Pargalı İbrahim Pasha annexed the Afshar territory to the Ottoman realm.
  • January 1538: Crimean Tatar raid in Central Europe and Russia in 1538.
  • January 1541: Annaba is acquired by the Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1542: In 1541, the city of Biskra was conquered by the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Hayreddin Barbarossa, a famous Ottoman admiral and privateer.
  • January 1542: Hotin conquered by turkey.
  • January 1546: Samtskhe became a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1550: Khanate of Astrakhan conquered by turkey.
  • August 1551: Tripoli (1510-1530), then ceded to the Knights Hospitaller, was lost in 1551.
  • January 1554: A Spanish garrison remained in Mahdiya until 1553, when it was conquered by the Ottomans.
  • January 1557: In 1556, the Turkish corsair Dragut, who ruled in Tripoli, attacked Tunisia from the east. He successfully entered Kairouan in 1558, further expanding the Ottoman Empire's territory in North Africa.
  • January 1560: Crimean Tatar raid in Central Europe and Russia in 1560.
  • January 1524: The Khanate of Astrakhan was twice briefly occupied by Mehmed I Giray, a prominent ruler of the Crimean Khanate, which was a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. This occurred in 1523 as part of the ongoing power struggles in the region.
  • August 1521: In July 1521 there was a Crimean campaign against the Muscovite Empire.
  • January 1555: Ali Abu Hassun, new Wattasid ruler of Morocco in 1554, then gave the Peñón to Ottoman troops who had assisted him in gaining the throne.
  • January 1539: In 1538, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent invaded the Kingdom of Moldavia. Prince Peter IV Rareş sought refuge in Transylvania as Suleiman's forces occupied key Moldavian cities, such as the capital of Jassy.
  • August 1534: The Ottomans conquered Tunis in 1534.
  • January 1561: The Tunisian Island of Djerba was controlled by Spanish forces from 1521 to 1524 and from 1559 to 1560. The Spanish called the Island Yerba.
  • July 1527: In an attempt to unite with the forces of Ferdinand, Jovan Nenad was severely wounded in Szeged. In his retreat towards Senta, he was intercepted and murdered by the Ottomans in the village of Tornjoš.
  • January 1530: In 1529, a treaty was signed according to which the kingdom of Koukou became dependent on the regency against recognition of its autonomy.
  • January 1562: Tripoli was besieged and conquered by famed Ottoman admirals Sinan Pasha and Turgut Reis. Declared as Bey and later Pasha of Tripoli, Turgut Reis submitted the tribes of the interior and several cities like Misrata, Zuwara, Gharyan, and Gafsa in the next decade.
  • January 1525: Hasankeyf passed to Ottoman rule in 1524 with the uprising of the Kurdish tribes.
  • January 1551: The State of Tlemcen is annexed to the Regency of Algiers (1550).
  • November 1552: Salah Raïs, bey of Algiers, led an expedition against Tuggurt in 1552. The Ben Djellab surrendered in the face of enemy artillery; politically they became vassals of Algiers and paid it tribute.
  • January 1560: Turks briefly occupied the highland parts of Baharnagash in 1559.
  • January 1533: The region of Syrmia was conquered by the Ottomans.

  • 1. Moldavian-Ottoman War


    Was a conflict between Moldavia and the Ottoman Empire.

  • January 1505: After 1504, Moldavia fell into decline and was forced to accept vassalage for the Porte.
  • February 1539: In 1539, the Kingdom of Moldavia was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Prince Peter IV Rareş fled to Transylvania as Suleiman invaded and occupied major cities, including the capital of Jassy.

  • 1.1.Ottoman conquest of the Budjak fortress

    Moldavia had to surrender Chilia (Kiliya) and Cetatea Albă (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi), the two main fortresses in the Budjak, to the Ottomans.

  • January 1485: In 1484, the Ottomans managed to annex Chilia and Akkerman.
  • January 1485: Ottoman conquest of  Chilia and Cetatea Albă, the two main fortresses in the Budjak.

  • 2. Siege of Rhodes (1522)


    The Siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island.

  • December 1522: With the the Siege of Rhodes of 1522, the Ottoman Empire expelled the Knights of Rhodes from their island, removing the last serious threat to Ottoman naval power in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean.

  • 3. Ottoman invasion of Hungary


    Was a Ottoman military campaign that led to the collapse of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Battle of Mohács fought on 29 August 1526.

    4. Suleiman I´s campaign of 1529


    Was an Ottoman military campaign led by Suleiman I in Hungary.

    5. First campaign of the Ottoman-Safavid War (1532-1555)


    Was an Ottoman military campaign in Persia.

    6. Italian War of 1536-1538


    Was one of the so-called Italian Wars. It was a conflict between King Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. The objective was to achieve control over territories in Northern Italy, in particular the Duchy of Milan.

    6.1.Peace of Nice

    Was the treaty that ended the Italian War of 1536-1538.

    7. Ottoman-Venetian War (1537-1540)


    Was one of the Ottoman-Venetian wars which took place during the 16th century.

    8. Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (1538-1559)


    Were a series of confrontations between the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire that took place in the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea.

  • January 1558: In 1557 the Ottoman captured the port of Massawa.
  • January 1539: Aden was ruled by the Ottoman Empire between 1538 and 1547.
  • February 1548: The Capture of Aden of 1548 was accomplished when Ottomans under Piri Reis managed to take the harbour of Aden in Yemen from the Portuguese.
  • September 1552: The Turks captured Muscat from the Portuguese.
  • January 1553: In 1552, the Turks, led by Ottoman admiral Piri Reis, captured Muscat from the Portuguese in a significant event known as the Capture of Muscat. This marked a turning point in the struggle for control over the strategic port city in the Arabian Peninsula.
  • January 1551: In 1550, the inhabitants of Al-Hasa voluntarily submitted to the rule of the Ottomans, preferring them to the Portuguese.

  • 9. Mediterranean campaigns


    Was a French and Ottoman naval campaign during the Italian War of 1551-1559.

    9.1.Invasion of Corsica (Italian War of 1551-1559)

    Was the French invasion of Corsica during the Italian War of 1551-1559.

    9.2.Ottoman invasion of the Balearic Islands

    Was the Ottoman invasion of Corsica during the Italian War of 1551-1559.

    10. Ottoman conquest of Habesh


    Was an Ottoman military campaign in modern-day Eritrea.


    Selected Sources


  • Bertrand Michael Buchmann: Österreich und das Osmanische Reich. Eine bilaterale Geschichte, Wien 1999, S. 77
  • Tucker, S.C. (2011) Battles that changed History - An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, p.160
  • Tucker, S.C. (2011) Battles that changed History - An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, p.166
  • Tucker, S.C. (2011) Battles that changed History - An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, p.168
  • Zeuske, M. (2013): Handbuch Geschichte der Sklaverei. Eine Globalgeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, De Gruyter, Berlin p. 470ff.
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