| 1453 |
Ottoman conquest of
Constantinople under Mehmed the Conqueror (r 1451-1481) |
| 1520-1566 |
reign of Suleiman I; Ottoman
territorial expansion reaches ints height |
| 1520-1558 |
reign of Charles V |
| 1521 |
the Ottomans take Belgrade |
| 1526 |
the Ottomans take Mohacs
(Hungary) |
| 1529 |
the Ottomans lay siege to Vienna |
| 1535 |
Charles attempts to capture Tunis Franco-Turkish alliance; Ottoman forces besiege Nice and occupy Toulon |
| late 16th early 17th c |
Ottoman empire faces challenges:
incompetent sultans, influx of Spanish silver, decrease in tax
revenues, inflation, popular risings, pressure for autonomy in outlying
regions, sense of decline prevalent among the empire's elite the Koprulu reforms effect changes in public administration and revive the Ottoman state |
| 1658-1705 |
reign of Leopold I (Hapsburg
king and HRE) |
| 1682 |
war breaks out between the
Austrians and the Ottomans in Hungary |
| 1683 |
the Ottomans, led by Kara
Mustafa Pasha, lay
siege to Vienna |
| 1699 |
T. of Karlowitz: the Ottomans
surrender almost all of Hungary to the Austrians |