Ottoman Beylik
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Was an Anatolan Beylik centered in Bursa. The Ottoman Beylik expanded rapidly in Anatolia and became a Sultanate in 1383.
Establishment
January 1291: In 1290, Osman I proclaimed himself more autonomous from the Seljuk Turks and took the title of Bey. This marked the beginning of the Ottoman Beylik, which eventually grew into the powerful Ottoman Empire under his leadership.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Orhan in the Ottoman Beylik.
January 1327: In 1326, shortly before succeeding his father, only diplomatic negotiations conquered Bursa, which would become the Ottoman capital for twenty years.
January 1332: In 1331 Ottoman Bey Orhan conquered Nicaea after three years of siege.
January 1338: The Turks were in a position to lay siege to the great Byzantine cities of Bithynia: Nicomedia.
January 1339: In 1338, when Üsküdar was captured, most of northwestern Anatolia was in Ottoman hands.
January 1351: In 1350, the territory of Yoros was taken over by the Ottoman Beylik from the Genoan rulers who had controlled it from 1300 to 1350. Yoros was a strategic location on the Bosphorus Strait, and its capture played a significant role in the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.
January 1353: In 1352 , Süleyman Paşa initiated the Turkish penetration into Europe, by conquering a fortress at Tzympe, near Gallipoli, in Thrace.
April 1354: Süleyman Paşa was a prominent Ottoman military leader who captured and restored Gallipoli in 1354. The city had been abandoned by its Greek inhabitants due to an earthquake. This event marked the expansion of the Ottoman Beylik's territory.
April 1354: In March 1354 , Ottoman commander Süleyman Paşa occupied and rebuilt Gallipoli (evacuated by its Greek population in the wake of an earthquake that destroyed it).
January 1355: In 1354, Ankara was briefly annexed by Orhan of Ottoman Beylik.
January 1360: Orhan I and Süleyman Paşa consolidated the Turkish base of Gallipoli.
January 1361: Lala Şahin Paşa prepared to advance from Gallipoli (the base that Süleyman Paşa had left on the European continent), on the Byzantine territory of Thrace , taking in 131360 , after years of siege, Demotika.
January 1362: The Beylik of the Karasids was taken over by its neighbors, the Ottomans, in 1361.
Expansion during the rule of Murad I in the Ottoman Beylik.
January 1363: Reorganized the leadership of the Ottoman forces in Europe, under the leadership of Lala Şahin Paşa, Murad I led the final Ottoman campaign in Thrace. This conquest was crowned in 1362 with the capture of Adrianople , which from then on was renamed Edirne.
January 1365: Philippopolis and Thrace conquered by Ottoman Beylik.
January 1369: In 1368, Ottoman Bey Murad I personally led a campaign along the Black Sea coast, which was completed with the capture of Burgaz.
January 1374: In 1373, two years after the devastating Battle of Maritsa, the Principality of Velbazhd became a vassal to the Ottoman Empire.
January 1374: Murad completed his triumph on the banks of the Maritza by launching a well-organized campaign to extend his rule over the remaining Balkan territories, south of the Danube. The left wing of the Ottoman expansion under Evrenos Bey crossed the Rhodope Mountains and seized almost all of Macedonia, a conquest that culminated in the capture of Serres in 1373 .
January 1382: After Eretna's death, his lands were nibbled away by the Ottomans in the west and the Aq Qoyunlu in the east due to internal disputes between the Eretnids.
January 1382: In 1377, the Venetians controlled Bozcaada Island (Tenedo) was taken over by the Ottoman Beylik.
January 1382: In Bursa, Murad received the ambassador of Hamid's Bey Kemaleddin Hüseyin. A treaty of offensive-defensive alliance was signed between the Ottomans and Hamid, through this treaty Murad bought from Hamid the territories of Akşehir, Yalvaç, Beyşehir, Seydişehir, Karaağaç, Eğirdir and Isparta.
January 1382: Ottoman prince Bayezid married Devlet Şah Hâtûn , daughter of Germiyan bey Süleyman Şah. The gifts that Germiyan bestowed on the bride were Kütahya, Simav, Tavşanlı and Emet which were given to the Ottomans.
January 1384: In 1383, in recognition of the campaign against the Balkan Christians, the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo appointed Bey Murad as sultan.
2.1.Battle of Chernomen and its consequences
Was a battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Serbian Empire that lead to the loss of southern Serbia to the Ottomans.
Dissolution of Serbia after the Battle of Maritsa between the Ottoman Empire and Serbia.
September 1371: After the Battle of Maritsa, Serbia fragmented into several successor states.
January 1372: The region between Pogradec, Ohrid, and Debar became semi-independent as the Principality of Gropaj.
January 1300: Bilecik conquered by Ottoman Beylik.
July 1302: Battle of Bafea.
January 1304: The true birth of the Ottoman Empire can be attributed to the conquest of the city of Eskişehir (Turkish for 'Old City') in 1301 - 1303.
January 1322: In 1321, the territory of Mudanya was captured by the Ottoman Beylik.
January 1322: An Ottoman column captured the southeastern coast of the Sea of Marmara
January 1322: An Ottoman column commanded by Aqueda captured Kocaeli.
February 1353: It was the first settlement of the Ottoman Turks in Europe. Juan VI negotiated with Orján his withdrawal.
January 1377: Ainos conquered by Republic of Genoa.
Disestablishment
January 1384: In 1383, in recognition of the campaign against the Balkan Christians, the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo appointed Bey Murad as sultan.
