List of Ottoman sieges and landings - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is an List of Ottoman sieges and landings from the 14th century to World War I

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

The Middle Eastern theatre of World War I was the scene of action between 29 October 1914, and 30 October 1918. The combatants were the Ottoman Empire, with some assistance from the other Central Powers, and primarily the British and the Russians among the Allies of World War I...

Rise (1299–1453)

Event	Date	Result
Conquest of the island of Kalolimnos (present day İmralı Island Imrali İmralı is a small Turkish island located in the south of the Sea of Marmara, west of Armutlu-Bozburun peninsula within Bursa Province. It served from 1999 until 2009 as a maximum-security prison island for its only inmate, Abdullah Öcalan... ) and the beginning of Ottoman presence in the Sea of Marmara	1308
Conquest of Mudanya Mudanya Mudanya , is a town and district of Bursa Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is located on the Gulf of Gemlik, part of the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. As of 1911, it was connected with Bursa by a railway and a carriage road, and with Istanbul by steamers... by the Ottoman Emirate and the first Ottoman landings in Thrace Thrace Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east... , southeastern Europe	1321
Conquest of the strategic port city and gulf of Gemlik Gemlik Gemlik is a harbor town bordering the Sea of Marmara in Western Turkey, at approximately 29 kilometres from Bursa and not far from Istanbul. Gemlik was called Kios until 1922 when its Greek inhabitants left Asia Minor because of the population exchange. In2004, Gemlik had approximately 70,000... on the Marmara Sea by the Ottoman Emirate	1333
Naval victories of Umur Bey against the Byzantine and Genoese fleets off the Aegean coasts of Anatolia, Rhodes Rhodes Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within... , the Dardanelles Dardanelles The Dardanelles , formerly known as the Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with its counterpart the Bosphorus. It is located at approximately... Strait, Macedonia and Morea Morea The Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea.-Origins of the name:...	1334-1348
Conquest of Üsküdar Üsküdar Üsküdar is a large and densely populated municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered on the north by Beykoz, on the east by Ümraniye, on the southeast by Ataşehir, on the south by Kadıköy, and on the west by the Bosphorus, with the areas of Beşiktaş,... (formerly Scutari or Chrysopolis) and Kadıköy (formerly Chalcedon) on the Anatolian side of İstanbul, the Marmara Island Marmara Island Marmara is a Turkish island in the Sea of Marmara. It is the largest island in the Sea of Marmara that is the center of Marmara district in Balıkesir Province... , Thrace Thrace Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east... and Gallipoli Gallipoli The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkish Thrace , the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. Gallipoli derives its name from the Greek "Καλλίπολις" , meaning "Beautiful City"...	1352
First Ottoman landings in Attica Attica Attica is a historical region of Greece, containing Athens, the current capital of Greece. The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which projects into the Aegean Sea... , Morea Morea The Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea.-Origins of the name:... and the Adriatic Sea Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...	1372
First conquests and acquisitions in Macedonia	1373
Conquest of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace... and Macedonia	1387
Conquest of most of the Balkans Balkans The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe... including northern Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... and southern Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	1389
First Ottoman siege of Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...	1390
Landings at Chios Chios Chios is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated in the Aegean Sea, seven kilometres off the Asia Minor coast. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. The island is noted for its strong merchant shipping community, its unique mastic gum and its medieval villages... , Euboea Euboea Euboea is the second largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. The narrow Euripus Strait separates it from Boeotia in mainland Greece. In general outline it is a long and narrow, seahorse-shaped island; it is about long, and varies in breadth from to... , Attica Attica Attica is a historical region of Greece, containing Athens, the current capital of Greece. The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which projects into the Aegean Sea... , Morea Morea The Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea.-Origins of the name:...	1390-1391
Conquest of northern Albania Albania Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea... and southern Montenegro Montenegro Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...	1392
Landings at Morea Morea The Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea.-Origins of the name:...	1394
Second Ottoman siege of Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...	1395
Conquest of Albania Albania Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...	1396
Conquest of several coastal settlements on the Aegean Sea Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus... coasts of Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... and of several Anatolian beyliks) on the Black Sea Black Sea The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean... coasts of Anatolia Anatolia Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...	1397
Third Ottoman siege of Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...	1397
Landings at Thessaly Thessaly Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey.... , Morea Morea The Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea.-Origins of the name:... , Albania Albania Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea... and Epirus Epirus The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:-Geographical:* Epirus - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania...	1397-1399
Fourth Ottoman siege of Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...	1400
Conquest of several islands in the Aegean Sea Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...	1415-1416
Conquest of the strategic port of Samsun Samsun Samsun is a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Samsun Province and a major Black Sea port.-Name:... in the Black Sea	1417
Fifth Ottoman siege of Constantinople Siege of Constantinople (1422) The first full-scale Ottoman Siege of Constantinople took place in 1422 as a result of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II's attempts to interfere in the succession of Ottoman Sultans, after the death of Mehmed I in 1421...	1422
Reconquest of Albania, conquests of several coastal settlements in Morea	1423
Ottoman-Venetian War	1423-1430
Conquest of the strategic port of Sinop Sinop Sinop can refer to:* Sinop, Turkey, a city near the Black Sea in Turkey, and the battle that took place there.* Sinop Province, the province in Turkey of which the above city is the capital* Sinop, Mato Grosso, a city in Mato Grosso state, Brazil... (Sinope) in the Black Sea	1424
Conquest of İzmir Izmir Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey... (formerly Smyrna Smyrna Smyrna was an ancient city located at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Thanks to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to prominence. The ancient city is located at two sites within modern İzmir, Turkey... ) from the Anatolian Beylik of that city	1426
Reconquest of Thessaloniki Siege of Thessalonika (1422) The siege of Thessalonica between 1422 and 1430 was an ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire under Murad II to take the Byzantine city of Thessalonica. Initially, the Sultan desired to capture the city in order to punish the ruling Byzantine Palaiologoi dynasty for their attempts at...	1430
Capture of Morea	1446
Attempted reconquest of Albania (see Siege of Krujë (1450))
Conquest of Constantinople Fall of Constantinople The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which occurred after a siege by the Ottoman Empire, under the command of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, against the defending army commanded by Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI... (İstanbul), Imbros Imbros Imbros or Imroz, officially referred to as Gökçeada since July 29, 1970 , is an island in the Aegean Sea and the largest island of Turkey, part of Çanakkale Province. It is located at the entrance of Saros Bay and is also the westernmost point of Turkey... (currently Gökçeada), Lemnos Lemnos Lemnos is an island of Greece in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos peripheral unit, which is part of the North Aegean Periphery. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Myrina... and Thasos Thasos Thasos or Thassos is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, close to the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestos but geographically part of Macedonia. It is the northernmost Greek island, and 12th largest by area...	1453

Growth (1453–1683)

Event	Date	Result
Landings at the Dodecanese Islands	1454
Conquest of Morea and the Duchy of Athens	1458 1460
Conquest of the Empire of Trebizond and the Genoese colony of Amasra	1461
Conquest of the Genoese islands in the northern Aegean Sea, including Lesbos	1462
Ottoman-Venetian War Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) The First Ottoman–Venetian War was fought between the Republic of Venice and her allies and the Ottoman Empire from 1463 to 1479. Fought shortly after the capture of Constantinople and the remnants of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottomans, it resulted in the loss of several Venetian holdings in...	1463–1479
Conquest of castles and forts in Albania and failed sieges of Krujë (see Siege of Krujë (1466) and Siege of Krujë (1467))	1466
Siege of Negroponte	1470
Siege of Shkodër	1474
Conquest of Crimea	1475
Conquest of Venetian forts in Albania	1477 1478
Landings at Lepanto in Greece and Veneto in Italy	1477 1478
First siege and capture of Otranto Ottoman invasion of Otranto In 1480 and 1481 the city and fort of Otranto, in Apulia, southern Italy, were held by Ottoman troops.-Attack:On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships of which 28 were galleys arrived near the Neapolitan city of Otranto in the region Apulia. Possibly these troops came from the siege of Rhodes...	1480
First siege of Rhodes Siege of Rhodes (1480) In 1480 the small Knights Hospitaller garrison of Rhodes withstood an attack of the Ottoman Empire.-Preparation:In 1470, the island of Tilos was evacuated to Rhodes because they were susceptible to attacks from the Ottoman Empire...	1480 1481
Capture of Malaga in Spain	1487
Landings at the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Pisa	1487 1490
Landings at Elche, Almeria, Malaga	1490 1495
Landings at the Gulf of Taranto	1496
Conquest of Montenegro	1499
Ottoman-Venetian Wars	1499 1503
Battle of Zonchio Battle of Zonchio The naval Battle of Zonchio took place on four separate days: August 12, 20, 22 and 25, 1499. It was a part of the Ottoman–Venetian War of 1499–1503...	1499
Landings at Corfu	1500
Capture of the Isle of Pianosa	1501
Capture of several towns in Sardinia	1501
Landings at Piombino	1501
Landings at the Balearic Islands and Andalusia	1501
Reconquest of Morea	1503
Landings at Rhodes, Calabria, Sicily and Andalusia	1505
Landings at Sicily	1506
Landings at Liguria	1508 1509
Landings at Capo Passero in Sicily	1510
Landings at Bougie, Oran and Algiers	1510
Landings at Reggio Calabria	1511
Conquest of Moldavia	1512
Landings at Andalusia and Minorca	1512
Landings at Alicante, Malaga, Cherchell	1513 1514
Capture of Jijel in Algeria and Mahdiya in Tunisia	1514
Bombardment of Bougie, landings at Ceuta, Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Sicily	1514
Conquest of Syria	1516
Conquest of Algeria from Spain	1516 1517
Landings at Elba and Liguria	1516
Conquest of Egypt and the end of the Mameluke Empire	1517
Landings at Capo Limiti, Capo Rizzuto, Calabria	1517
Landings at Provence, Toulon and the Îles d'Hyères in France	1519
Landings at the Balearic Islands	1521
Conquest of Rhodes from the Knights of St. John, who relocate their base first to Sicily and later to Malta	1522
Landings at Sardinia	1525
Capture of Capo Passero in Sicily	1526
Landings at Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Castignano, Capo Spartivento, Messina, Tuscany, Campania	1526
Conquest of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia and Bosnia	1527
Landings at Italian and Spanish coastal towns	1527
Ottoman-Spanish War near the Isle of Formentera	1529
Capture of the Isle of Peñón	1529
Landings at Andalusia	1529
Capture of the Isle of Cabrera	1530
Landings at Sicily, the Balearic Islands, Marseilles, Provence, Liguria, Sardinia, Piombino	1530
Landings at the Isle of Favignana, Calabria, Puglia, Tripoli, Spain	1531
Landings at Sardinia, Bonifacio, Montecristo, Elba, Lampedusa, Messina, Calabria	1532
First conquest of Tunisia from Spain, reconquest of Morea	1534
Capture of San Lucido, Cetraro, Capri, Procida, Tunis	1534
Landings at Reggio Calabria, Gaeta, Villa Santa Lucia, Sant'Isidoro, Sperlonga, Fondi, Terracina, Ostia, Ponza, Sicily, Sardinia, bombardment of the ports at the Gulf of Naples	1534
Recapture of Capri	1535
Landings at Spain, the Balearic Islands, Tlemcen	1535
Siege of Klis Siege of Klis The Siege of Klis was a siege of Klis Fortress in the Kingdom of Croatia within Habsburg Monarchy. For more than two decades, Croatian feudal lord Petar Kružić, also called , defended the fortress against Ottoman invasion...	1537
Conquest of the Duchy of Naxos, Syros, Aegina, Ios, Paros, Tinos, Karpathos, Kasos	1537
Second siege and capture of Otranto, Castro, Ugento	1537
Landings at Calabria and Corfu	1537
Battle of Preveza Battle of Preveza The naval Battle of Preveza took place on 28 September 1538 near Preveza in northwestern Greece between an Ottoman fleet and that of a Christian alliance assembled by Pope Paul III.-Background:...	1538
Conquest of Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi) in Dalmatia	1538
Conquest of Aden and Yemen from the Portuguese, Jeddah and Hijaz in Arabia	1538 1539
Capture of Diu Siege of Diu The Siege of Diu occurred when an Ottoman imperial fleet attempted to capture the Indian city of Diu in 1538, then held by the Portuguese.It ended with a Portuguese victory.-Background:... in India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...	1538
Capture of the Gulf of Preveza, Isle of Lefkada, eastern Adriatic and Aegean islands belonging to the Republic of Venice, Candia in Crete	1538
Ottoman-Portuguese Wars in the Indian Ocean Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...	1538 1566
Landings at Crete in Greece and Gujarat in India	1538
Conquest of Risan, Skiathos, Skyros, Andros and Serifos	1539
Reconquest of Castelnuovo Siege of Castelnuovo The Siege of Castelnuovo was an engagement during the Ottoman-Habsburg struggle for control of the Mediterranean, which took place in July 1539 in the walled town of Castelnuovo, present day Herceg Novi, Montenegro...	1539
Landings at Cattaro and Pesaro, Corfu, Crete	1539
Capture of Gozo, Pantelleria, Capraia, conquest of Serbia	1540
Landings at Sicily, Corsica, Spain	1540
Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet in Algiers	1541
Capture of Reggio Calabria, Messina, Nice, Antibes, Île Sainte-Marguerite, Monaco, San Remo, La Turbie	1543
Landings at Campania, Lazio, venturing into the Tiber River near Rome	1543
Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet in the Tyrrhenian Sea, assault on the Kingdom of Naples	1544
Capture of Bonifacio in Corsica, Castiglione della Pescaia, Talamone, Orbetello, Grosseto, Montiano, Porto Ercole, Isle of Giglio, Ischia, Forio, and the Isle of Procida	1544
Landings at San Remo, Borghetto Santo Spirito, Ceriale, Vado Ligure, Piombino, Civitavecchia, Sardinia, Gozo, Pozzuoli, Capo Palinuro, Catona, Fiumara, Calanna, Cariati, Lipari	1544
Capture of Capraia, Monterosso, Corniglia, Rapallo, Pegli, Levanto	1545
Landings at Spain, the Balearic Islands, Sicily, Liguria, Menarola, Riomaggiore, La Spezia	1545
Capture of Mahdiya, Sfax, Sousse, Al Munastir in Tunisia; Laigueglia and Andora in Liguria; Gozo in Malta	1546
Landings at Liguria, San Lorenzo al Mare	1546
Reconquest of Yemen from the Portuguese	1547 1548
Recapture of Gozo in Malta	1547
Landings at both islands of Malta, Sicily, Aeolian Islands, Salina Island, Puglia, Salve, Calabria, Corsica	1547
Capture of Castellamare di Stabia, Pozzuoli and Procida at the Gulf of Naples	1548
Landings at Rapallo, San Fruttuoso, Portofino, San Remo, Corsica, Calabria	1549
Recapture of Mahdiya, Sousse, Al Munastir in Tunisia, Rapallo in Liguria	1550
Landings at Sardinia, Spain, Corsica, Gozo, Liguria, Mahdiya, Tunis, Djerba	1550
Siege of Tripoli Siege of Tripoli (1551) The Siege of Tripoli occurred in 1551 when the Ottomans besieged and vanquished the Knights of Malta in the fortress of Tripoli, modern Libya. The Spanish Habsburgs had established a fort in Tripoli in 1510 under Charles V, and remitted it the Knights in 1530... (Conquest of Libya from Spain and Malta)	1551
Recapture of Gozo, capture of Taggia and Riva Brigoso in Liguria	1551
Landings at the Adriatic ports, Sicily, both islands of Malta	1551
Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet near Ponza	1552
Conquest of Oman, Hormuz and Qatar from the Portuguese	1552
Capture of Pantelleria, Ponza, Massa Lubrense, Sorrento, Pozzuoli, Minturno, Nola	1552
Landings at Augusta and Licata in Sicily, Taormina, Gulf of Policastro, Palmi, Gulf of Naples, Sardinia, Corsica, Lazio	1552
Conquest of Morocco	1553
Capture of Crotone and Castello in Calabria; Marciana Marina, Rio and Capoliveri in Elba. Invasion of Corsica Invasion of Corsica (1553) The Invasion of Corsica of 1553 occurred when French, Ottoman and Corsican exile forces combined to capture the island of Corsica from the Genoese.... (Capture of Bonifacio, Bastia and Calvi). Recapture of Pianosa and Capri.	1553
Landings at Sicily, Tavolara, Sardinia, Porto Ercole, Piombino, Portoferraio	1553
Capture of Vieste near Foggia; Elba and Corsica	1554
Landings at Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Orbetello and Tuscany	1554
Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet near Piombino	1555
Capture of Paola and Santo Noceto in Calabria, Papulonia in Elba; Bastia in Corsica; Ospedaletti in Liguria	1555
Landings at Capo Vaticano, Ceramica, San Lucido in Calabria; Piombino in Elba; Calvi in Corsica; Sardinia; San Remo and Liguria	1555
Capture of Bergeggi and San Lorenzo in Liguria; Gafsa in Tunisia	1556
Landings at Lampedusa	1556
Capture of Cariati in Calabria	1557
Landings at the Gulf of Taranto and Puglia	1557
Capture of Gharyan, Misratah, Tagiora, Djerba, Reggio Calabria, Aeolian Islands, Massa Lubrense, Cantone, Sorrento, Minorca	1558
Landings at the Strait of Messina, Amalfi, Gulf of Salerno, Torre del Greco, Tuscany, Piombino, Spain	1558
Battle of Djerba Battle of Djerba The naval Battle of Djerba took place in May 1560 near the island of Djerba, Tunisia in which the Ottomans under Piyale Pasha's command overwhelmed a large joint European fleet, chiefly Spanish forces, sinking half its ships.-Background:...	1560
Landings at Stromboli, Gozo, Gulf of Naples	1561
Siege of Oran	1562
Capture of Granada in Spain; Naples in Italy and the fortresses around the city, Chiaia	1563
Landings at Malaga, another siege on Spanish-controlled Oran and Mers-el-Kebir; landings at Liguria, Sardinia, Oristano, Marcellino, Ercolento, Puglia, Abruzzo, San Giovanni near Messina, Capo Passero in Sicily, Gozo in Malta	1563
Ottoman expedition to Aceh Ottoman expedition to Aceh The Ottoman expedition to Aceh was started from around 1565 when the Ottoman Empire endeavoured to support the Aceh Sultanate in its fight against the Portuguese Empire in Malacca... (Annexation of Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia, upon request by Sultan Alaaddin of Aceh who declares allegiance to the Ottoman Empire and asks for protection against Portuguese aggression)	1565
Capture of Fort St. Elmo and the Bastion of Castiglia on Fort St. Michael in Malta	1565
Siege of Malta Siege of Malta (1565) The Siege of Malta took place in 1565 when the Ottoman Empire invaded the island, then held by the Knights Hospitaller .The Knights, together with between 4-5,000 Maltese men,...	1565
Siege of Szigetvár Battle of Szigetvár The Siege of Szigetvár or Battle of Szigeth was a siege of the Szigeth Fortress in Baranya which blocked Suleiman's line of advance towards Vienna in 1566 AD...	1566
Conquest of Chios and the end of Genoese presence in the Aegean	1566
Landings at Puglia	1566
First Ottoman naval forces are stationed on Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia	1569
Landings at Sumatra in Indonesia	1569
Battle of Gozo	1570
Conquest of Cyprus Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus was fought between 1570–1573. It was waged between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, the latter joined by the Holy League, a coalition of Christian states formed under the auspices of the Pope, which included Spain , the... from the Republic of Venice, sieges of Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... and Famagusta Famagusta Famagusta is a city on the east coast of Cyprus and is capital of the Famagusta District. It is located east of Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island.-Name:...	1570–1571
Reconquest of Dalmatia from the Republic of Venice	1571
Landings at Corfu	1571
Battle of Lepanto Battle of Lepanto (1571) The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Patras, off western Greece...	1571
Landings at Puglia and Corfu	1573
Reconquest of Tunisia from Spain	1574
Landings at Morocco	1574
Landings at Calabria	1576
Defeat of the Portuguese fleet off the coast of Morocco	1578
Reconquest of Crimea and parts of Ukraine	1584
Capture of Lanzarote of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean	1585
Defeat of the French-Maltese fleet in the Levant	1609
Landings at Malta and southern Morea	1614
Landings at the shoreline between Cadiz and Lisbon	1616
Capture of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean	1617
Landings at Sussex, Plymouth 27 ships were taken away from its port), Devon, Hartland Point, Cornwall and the other counties of western England in August	1625
Capture of the Isle of Lundy Lundy Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel, lying off the coast of Devon, England, approximately one third of the distance across the channel between England and Wales. It measures about at its widest. Lundy gives its name to a British sea area and is one of the islands of England.As of... in the Bristol Channel. Lundy becomes the main base of the Ottoman marine operations in the Atlantic Ocean for the next 5 years	1627
Capture of Vestmannaeyjar near Iceland	1627
Landings in the Northern Atlantic including the British Isles, Shetland Islands, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Labrador, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland and Virginia	1627 1660
Landings at Denmark, Norway and Iceland	1627
Capture of Baltimore, County Cork, in Ireland	1631
Landings at England, Ireland, Denmark and Iceland	1631
Reconquest of Azov from the Russians	1642
Start of the Cretan War Cretan War (1645–1669) The Cretan War or War of Candia , as the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War is better known, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies against the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States, fought over the island of Crete, Venice's largest and richest overseas possession... : Conquest of Chania Chania Chaniá , , also transliterated Chania, Hania, and Xania, older form Chanea and Venetian Canea, Ottoman Turkish خانيه Hanya) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania peripheral unit... in Crete	1645
Conquest of Chisamo and Souda in Crete	1646
Siege of Candia (Heraklion) in Crete begins Siege of Candia The Siege of Candia was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled city and were ultimately victorious. Lasting from 1648 to 1669, it was the longest siege in history.-Background:...	1648
Landings at England, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark	1655 1660
Final stage of the Siege of Candia, ends with capture of city. End of the Cretan war.	1666–1669
Conquest of the castles controlling the Black Sea entrance of the Dnieper River	1679

Stagnation (1699–1827)

Event	Date	Result
Reconquest of Chios Chios Chios is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated in the Aegean Sea, seven kilometres off the Asia Minor coast. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. The island is noted for its strong merchant shipping community, its unique mastic gum and its medieval villages... during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War (1684–1699) Morean War The Morean War is the better known name for the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War. The war was fought between 1684–1699, as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire...	1695
Conquest of Oran, the final Spanish stronghold in Algeria	1708
Reconquest of Moldavia and Azov from the Russians	1711
Start of the Eighth Ottoman-Venetian War Turkish–Venetian War (1714–1718) The Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War was fought between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire between 1714 and 1718. It was the last conflict between the two powers, and ended with an Ottoman victory and the loss of Venice's major possession in the Greek peninsula, the Peloponnese . Venice was... with the reconquest of Morea Morea The Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea.-Origins of the name:...	1715
Conquest of Souda in Crete and the island of Tinos Tinos Tinos is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It is located in the Cyclades archipelago. In antiquity, Tinos was also known as Ophiussa and Hydroessa . The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos... in the Cyclades	1715
Unsuccessful siege of Corfu Corfu Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...	1716	Ottoman failure
Turkish-Russian War	1738
Landings at the entrance of the Dniester River and northern Crimea	1769
Reconquest of Morea and Lemnos after the Orlov Revolt Orlov Revolt The Orlov Revolt was a precursor to the Greek War of Independence , which saw a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese at the instigation of Count Orlov, commander of the Russian Naval Forces of the Russo-Turkish War...	1770
Battle of Chesme	1770
Defeat of the Russian fleet near Yılan Island	1787
Capture of Corfu from the French by joint Russian-Ottoman fleet	1799	Creation of Septinsular Republic Septinsular Republic The Septinsular Republic was an island republic that existed from 1800 to 1807 under nominal Ottoman sovereignty in the Ionian Islands. It was the first time Greeks had been granted even limited self-government since the fall of the last remnants of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottomans in the...
Reconquest of Egypt	1801
Reconquest of Medina, Mecca and Hijaz in Arabia	1812 1813
Greek Revolution begins	1821
Recapture of Chios from the Greek rebels and massacre of the population Chios Massacre The Chios Massacre refers to the slaughter of tens of thousands of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence in 1822. Greeks from neighbouring islands arrived on Chios and encouraged the Chians to join the struggle for independence. In response, Ottoman...	1822
First Siege of Missolonghi	1822
Recapture of the island of Psara Psara Psara is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Together with the small uninhabited island of Antipsara it forms the municipality of Psara. It is part of the Chios peripheral unit, which is part of the North Aegean Periphery. The only town of the island and seat of the municipality is also called... from the Greek rebels and massacre of its population Destruction of Psara The Destruction of Psara was an event in which the Ottomans destroyed the civilian population of the Greek island of Psara on July 5, 1824. According to George Finlay, the entire population of the island Psara before the massacre was about 7,000....	1824
Third Siege of Missolonghi	1825–1826
Battle of Navarino Battle of Navarino The naval Battle of Navarino was fought on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence in Navarino Bay , on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. A combined Ottoman and Egyptian armada was destroyed by a combined British, French and Russian naval force...	1827
Defeat of the Russian forces in the Crimean War Crimean War The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining... , assisted by France, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sardinia	1854 1856
Reconquest of the islands controlling the Black Sea entrance of the Danube River	1857
Reconquest of Montenegro and Shkodër	1862

Dissolution (1908–1922)

Event	Date	Result
Battle of Gallipoli Battle of Gallipoli The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli, took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916, during the First World War...	1915

Rise (1299–1453)

Growth (1453–1683)

Stagnation (1699–1827)

Dissolution (1908–1922)

See also