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Military of the Ottoman Empire |
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This is a List of wars involving the Ottoman Empire ordered chronologically, including civil wars within the empire.
The earliest form of the Ottoman military was a nomadic steppe cavalry force. [1] This was centralized by Osman I from Turkoman tribesmen inhabiting western Anatolia in the late 13th century. Orhan I organized a standing army paid by salary rather than looting or fiefs. The Ottomans began using guns in the late 14th century.
The Ottoman Empire was the first of the three Islamic Gunpowder Empires, followed by Safavid Persia and Mughal India. By the 14th century, the Ottomans had adopted gunpowder artillery. [2] By the time of Sultan Mehmed II, they had been drilled with firearms and became "perhaps the first standing infantry force equipped with firearms in the world." [3] The Janissaries are thus considered the first modern standing army. [4] [5]
The Ottoman Classical Army was the military structure established by Mehmed II. The classical Ottoman army was the most disciplined and feared military force of its time, mainly due to its high level of organization, logistical capabilities and its elite troops. Following a century long reform efforts, this army was forced to disbandment by Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826 by what is known as Auspicious Incident. By the reign of Mahmud the Second, the elite Janissaries had become corrupt and an obstacle in the way of modernization efforts, meaning they were more of a liability than an asset.
Date | Conflict | Ottomans (and allies) | Opposition | Result |
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1285 | Siege of Kulaca Hisar | Kayı tribe | ![]() | Victory [6] [7]
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1302 | Battle of Bapheus and Battle of Dimbos | Kayı tribe | ![]() | Victory
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1317/1320–1326 | Siege of Bursa | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1328–1331 | Siege of Nicaea | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1337 | Siege of Nicomedia | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1345–47 | Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beylik of Saruhan | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Zealots of Thessalonica ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1352–57 | Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beylik of Saruhan | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Zealots of Thessalonica ![]() ![]() ![]() | Partial Defeat
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1354 | Fall of Gallipoli | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1355 | Battle of Ihtiman | ![]() | | Stalemate
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1362 or 1369 | Ottoman conquest of Adrianople | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1364 | Battle of Sırpsındığı | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1366–1526 | Ottoman-Hungarian wars
| ![]() | ![]()
European allies:
| Victory
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1371 | Battle of Samokov | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1371 | Battle of Maritsa | ![]() | ![]() | Victory [31] |
1371 | Byzantine civil war of 1373–79 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1381–1384 | Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84) | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina ![]() | Despotate of Arta | Defeat
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1382–1385 | Zetan-Albania War | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1382–1393 | Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria | ![]() | | Victory
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1385 | First Zenebishi Uprising against the Ottomans | ![]() | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Defeat
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1385 | Battle of Savra | ![]() ![]() | Principality of Zeta | Victory
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1388 | Battle of Bileća | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1389 | Battle of Kosovo (1389) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Unknown Result Some sources claim Tactically Inconclusive [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] whereas some claim Victory [45] [46] [47] [48] |
1389–1390 | Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90 [51] | Despotate of Epirus (all four battles) Thessaly (second battle) ![]() | Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) | Victory
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1390 | Fall of Philadelphia | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1391 | Siege of Constantinople (1391) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stalemate
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1394–1395 | Bayezid's Campaign against Wallachia | ![]() | ![]() | Tactical Defeat [52] [53] [54] [55]
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1394–1395 | Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Siege pulled [56] [57] |
1396 | Crusade of Nicopolis | ![]() | ![]()
| Victory
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1399–1402 | Ottoman-Timurid War | ![]() Co-belligerant: | ![]() | Defeat
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1402–1413 | Ottoman Interregnum | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Mehmed Victory
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1402 | Battle of Tripolje | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1404 | Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin | ![]() | Victory
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1411 | Siege of Constantinople (1411) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1414 | Ottoman-Gjirokastër War | ![]() | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Victory
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1416 | Battle of Gallipoli (1416) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1416–1420 | Revolt of Sheikh Bedreddin | ![]() | Sheikh Bedreddin | Victory
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1418 | Second Ottoman-Gjirokastër War | ![]() | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Victory
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1422 | Siege of Constantinople (1422) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1422–1430 | Siege of Thessalonica | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1421–1522 | 2nd Conquest of Anatolia | ![]() | Beylik of Karaman ![]() ![]() ![]() Sultanate of Eretna ![]() ![]() Beyliks of Canik Beylik of Germiyan Beylik of Menteşe ![]() Beylik of Saruhan | Victory
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1426–1428 | Ottoman-Hungarian War of 1426–1428 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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1428 | Siege of Golubac | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1432–1436 | Albanian Revolt of 1432–1436 | ![]() | Various Albanian rebels | Victory
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1432–1479 | Albanian–Ottoman Wars (1432–1479)
| ![]() | 1443–44:![]() Arianiti Family 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79:
| Victory Initial Albanian victory
Eventual Ottoman victory
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1440 | Siege of Belgrade (1440) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat |
1440–1441 | Siege of Novo Brdo | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1443–1444 | Crusade of Varna | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bulgarian rebels ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1447–1448 | Albanian–Venetian War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1448 | Battle of Kosovo (1448) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1453 | Fall of Constantinople | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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Date | Conflict | Ottomans (and allies) | Opposition | Result |
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1454 | Battle of Leskovac | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1454 | Battle of Kruševac | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1455 | Siege of Trepča | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1455 | Siege of Novo Brdo (1455) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1455 | Siege of Berat (1455) [74] | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1456 | Siege of Belgrade (1456) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1459 | Siege of Smederevo (1459) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1460 | Siege of Amasra | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1461 | Siege of Trebizond (1461) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1462 | Night attack at Târgoviște | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive |
1462 | Ottoman conquest of Lesbos | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1463–1479 | First Ottoman-Venetian war | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Karamanids Maniots Greek rebels | Victory
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1463 | Siege of Jajce | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bohemian (Hussite) mercenaries | Victory
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1473 | Battle of Otlukbeli | ![]() | ![]() | Victory [79]
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1473–79 | Moldavian War of Mehmed II | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1475 | Crimean Campaign (1475) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1479 | Battle of Breadfield | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat [81]
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1480 | First Ottoman siege of Rhodes | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1480–1481 | Invasion of Otranto | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1481–1484 | Albanian Uprisings of 1481–1484 | ![]() | Albanian rebels![]() ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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1484–1486 | Moldavian War of Bayezid II | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1484–1486 | Mamluk War of Bayezid II | ![]() | ![]() | Stalemate
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1485–1503 | Polish–Ottoman War (1485–1503) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1490–1494 | War of the Hungarian Succession | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1493–1593 | Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War
| ![]() | Until 1526:![]() ![]() From 1527: | Inconclusive
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1497–1499 | Moldavian Campaign | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1499–1503 | Second Ottoman-Venetian War | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1505–17 | Mamluk–Portuguese conflicts | ![]() Indian states: Supported by: | ![]() Supported by: | Defeat
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1505 | Campaign of Trabzon (1505) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1507 | Battle of Erzincan (1507) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1507–42 | Ajuran-Portuguese wars | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1508 | Georgian campaign (1508) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1508–1573 | Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts | ![]() Supported by: | ![]() | Defeat
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1509–1513 | Ottoman Civil War (1509–13) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory for Selim
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1510 | Campaign of Trabzon (1510) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1514 | Battle of Chaldiran | ![]() | ![]() | Ottoman Military Victory [94] [95] however some sources claim Political Stalemate [96]
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1514 | Capture of Bayburt (1514) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1515 | Siege of Kemah | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1515 | Battle of Tekiryaylağı | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1515–1577 | Spanish-Ottoman Wars of 1515–1577
| ![]() ![]() | ![]() | In North Africa Ottoman victory In Mediterranean Inconclusive |
1515 | Battle of Turnadağ | ![]() | Beylik of Dulkadir | Victory
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1516–1517 | Second Ottoman-Mamluk War | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1516 | Siege of Harput (1516) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1516 | Battle of Koçhisar | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1517 | Capture of Mosul (1517) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1517 | Siege of Jeddah | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1518 | Fall of Tlemcen | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1519–1610 | Celali rebellions | ![]() | Celali | Victory
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1519–1639 | Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts | ![]() | ![]() Supported by:
| Inconclusive |
1521 | 3rd Ottoman Siege of Belgrade | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1521 | Siege of Šabac (1521) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1522 | 2nd Ottoman Siege of Rhodes | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1523 | Expedition to Kamaran | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1526 | Battle of Mohács | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1526–1791 | Ottoman-Habsburg wars In Hungary and Balkans
In Mediterranean
| ![]() Vassals: | ![]()
| Inconclusive End of Ottoman expansion |
1527–28 | Hungarian Campaign of Ferdinand I | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1529 | Hungarian Campaign of Suleiman I | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1529–43 | Ethiopian–Adal War | ![]() | ![]() | Stalemate and Status quo ante bellum
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1529 | 1st Ottoman siege of Vienna | ![]() | ![]()
| Defeat
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1530–52 | Little War in Hungary | ![]()
| ![]() | Victory
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1531 | Battle of al-Shihr (1531) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1532–55 | 2nd Ottoman–Safavid War | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1533 | Expedition of Irakeyn | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1534 | Ottoman conquest of Tunis | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1535 | Habsburgian conquest of Tunis | ![]() ![]() | ![]()
| Defeat
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1536–38 | Italian War of 1536–1538 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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1536–37 | Siege of Klis | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1537–40 | Third Ottoman-Venetian war | ![]() ![]() | Holy League :![]() ![]() | Victory
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1538–1560 | Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1557)
| ![]() | ![]() | Stalemate |
1542–46 | Italian War of 1542–1546 | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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1543 | Battle of Karagak | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1545 | Battle of Sokhoista | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1547 | Ottoman invasion of Guria | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1551–1559 | Spanish-Ottoman War (1550–1560) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1551 | Ottoman conquest of Tripolitania | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1551 | Invasion of Gozo | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1551–59 | Italian War of 1551–1559 | ![]()
| ![]() | Inconclusive
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1552 | Hungarian Campaign of 1552 | ![]() | Inconclusive | |
1554/1557–1589 | Ottoman conquest of Habesh | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1554–1576 | Ottoman expeditions to Morocco | ![]()
| ![]() | Victory |
1557 | Campaign of Tlemcen (1557) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1558–66 | Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1558–1566) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive due to Suleiman the Magnificent death
|
1558 | Battle of Djerba | ![]() | ![]()
| Victory |
1565–1898 | Spanish conquest of the Philippines | ![]() ![]() Confederation of sultanates in Lanao Supported by: | ![]() | Inconclusive |
1565 | Great Siege of Malta | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
| |
1566 | Siege of Szigetvár | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Date | Conflict | Ottomans (and allies) | Opposition | Result |
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1710–1711 | Russo-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1713 | Skirmish at Bender | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1714–1718 | Ottoman–Venetian War | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1716–1718 | Austro-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1722–1730 | Syunik rebellion | ![]() | Armenian Rebels | Defeat |
1726–1727 | Ottoman–Hotaki War | ![]() | ![]() | Both sides make gains
|
1730–1735 | Ottoman–Safavid War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1730 | Patrona Halil | ![]() | Patrona Halil | Tulip Period is ended
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1732 | Spanish reconquest of Oran | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1735–1739 | Russo-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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1737–1739 | Austro-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1743–1746 | Ottoman–Afsharid War | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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1757 | Battle of Khresili | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1768–1774 | Russo-Turkish War | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1769–1772 | Danish–Algerian War | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1770 | Orlov Revolt | ![]() | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | Victory
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1770 | Invasion of Mani (1770) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1775–1776 | Ottoman–Zand War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1787–1791 | Austro-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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1787–1792 | Russo-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Date | Conflict | Ottomans (and allies) | Opposition | Result |
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1806–1812 | Russo-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1807–1809 | Anglo-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1804–1813 | First Serbian Uprising | ![]() ![]() ![]() Pashalik of Yanina | ![]() Supported by: | Victory |
1811–1818 | Ottoman-Saudi War | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1813–1836 | Rawandiz revolt | ![]()
| ![]() | Defeat
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1815–1817 | Second Serbian Uprising | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1820–1824 | Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan | ![]() | Sennar Sultanate Shayqih Kingdom Sultanate of Darfur | Ottoman-Egyptian military victory
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1821 | Wallachian Revolution of 1821 | ![]()
| ![]()
| Ottoman military victory, Wallachian political victory
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1821–1832 | Greek War of Independence | ![]() | ![]() ![]() After 1822: ![]() Supported by: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1821–1823 | Ottoman–Persian War of 1821 | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1828–1829 | Russo-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1830–1903 | French conquest of Algeria | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1831–1832 | Bosnian Uprising of 1831–1832 | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1831–1833 | Egyptian–Ottoman War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
|
1832–1848 | Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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1833 | Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Kolonjë | ![]() | Tosk Rebels | Defeat
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1833 | Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Shkodër | ![]() | Shkodran Rebels Malsor Rebels [152] | Defeat
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1833 | Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Southern Albania | ![]() | Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels | Defeat
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1834 | Albanian Revolt of 1834 | ![]() | Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels | Defeat
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1835 | Albanian Revolt of 1835 in South Albania | ![]() | Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels Çam Rebels | Victory
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1835 | Albanian Revolt of 1835 in North Albania | ![]() | Shkodran Rebels Reinforcements: [152] Kosovar Rebels Volunteers: Malsor Volunteers Gheg Volunteers Mirdita Tribesmen Mati Tribesmen Dibran Volunteers | Defeat
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1836 | Albanian Revolt of 1836 in South Albania | ![]() | Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels | Inconclusive
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1836 | Expedition to Najd (1836) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1837 | Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Mat | ![]() | Mati Tribesmen | Inconclusive
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1837 | Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Myzeqe | ![]() | Myzeq Rebels Tosk Rebels | Victory
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1837 | Albanian Revolt of 1837 in North Albania | ![]() | Kosovar Rebels Gheg Rebels | Victory |
1837 | Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Dibër | ![]() | Dibran Rebels | Defeat
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1839 | Albanian Revolt of 1839 in South Albania | ![]() | Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels | Defeat
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1839 | Albanian Revolt of 1839 in Prizren | ![]() | Kosovar Rebels | Defeat
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1839–1841 | Egyptian–Ottoman War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1843–1844 | Uprising of Dervish Cara | ![]() | Dibran Rebels | Victory
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1847 | Albanian Revolt of 1847 | ![]() | Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels Çam Rebels | Victory
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1848 | Wallachian Revolution of 1848 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Counterrevolutionary victory
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1852–1853 | Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1852–53) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1852–1862 | Herzegovina Uprising (1852–1862) | ![]() | Rebels | Victory |
1853–1856 | Crimean War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Supported by: ![]() ![]() ![]() Abkhazia [c] | ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1854 | Macedonian Revolution of 1854 | ![]() Supported By: ![]() ![]() | ![]() Supported By: ![]() | Victory |
1858 | Battle of Grahovac | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1861–1862 | Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1861–62) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1862 | First Zeitun Resistance | ![]() | Armenian fedayees | Defeat
|
1866–1869 | Cretan Revolt | ![]() | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | Victory
|
1874–1876 | Egyptian–Ethiopian War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1875 | Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) | ![]() | Serb rebels
| Victory
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1876 | April Uprising | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1876–1878 | Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1876–1877 | First Serbian–Ottoman War | ![]() | ![]()
| Defeat
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1877–1878 | Russo-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1877–1878 | Second Serbian–Ottoman War | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat |
1878 | Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1879-1882 | Urabi revolt | ![]() | Ahmed Urabi Egyptian rebel forces | Defeat |
1880 | Battle of Ulcinj (1880) | ![]() | Albanian irregulars | Victory
|
1881 | French conquest of Tunisia | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
|
1882 | Anglo-Egyptian War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1893–1908 | Macedonian Struggle | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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1893 | Ottoman–Qatari War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1895–1896 | Zeitun Rebellion (1895–96) | ![]() | Hunchak Party | Defeat |
1897 | Greco-Turkish War of 1897 | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1897–1898 | Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1903 | Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
|
1904 | Sasun Uprising | ![]() | Armenian fedayi | Victory |
1905 | Shoubak revolt | ![]() | Inhabitants of Shoubak | Victory
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Date | Conflict | Ottomans (and allies) | Opposition | Result |
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1908 | Young Turk Revolution | ![]() | ![]() | Young Turks victory
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1910 | Albanian Revolt of 1910 | ![]() | Kosovar Rebels Shkodran Rebels Dibran Rebels Malsor Tribesman Support: ![]() | Victory
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1911 | Albanian Revolt of 1911 | ![]() | Malsor Tribesman Shkodran Tribesmen | Defeat
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1911–1912 | Italo-Turkish War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1912 | Albanian Revolt of 1912 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ottoman Albanian Deserters Armaments Support: ![]() Vocal Support: ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1912–1913 | First Balkan War | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Balkan League : | Defeat
|
1913 | Second Balkan War | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1914–1918 | World War I | Central Powers | Allied Powers
| Defeat
|
1917–1923 | Russian Civil War | ![]()
| ![]()
| Inconclusive |
1918–1920 | Armenian–Azerbaijani War | ![]() ![]()
| ![]() | Inconclusive |
1918–1923 | Occupation of Constantinople | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Temporary occupation
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1919–1923 | Turkish War of Independence | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
| ![]()
Supported by: | Partial Victory
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Miloš Obilić was a legendary Serbian knight who is reputed to have been in the service of Prince Lazar during the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the late 14th century. He is not mentioned in contemporary sources, but features prominently in later accounts of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo as the assassin of Sultan Murad. The assassin remains anonymous in sources until the late 15th century, though the dissemination of the story of Murad's assassination in Florentine, Serbian, Ottoman and Greek sources suggests that versions of it circulated widely across the Balkans within half a century of the event.
Rumelia was the name of a historical region in Southeastern Europe that was administered by the Ottoman Empire, roughly corresponding to the Balkans. In its wider sense, it was used to refer to all Ottoman possessions and vassals in Europe. These would later be geopolitically classified as "the Balkans", although Hungary, Moldova and Slovakia are often excluded. During the period of its existence, Rumelia was more often known in English as Turkey in Europe.
The Ottoman Empire was founded c. 1299 by Osman I as a small beylik in northwestern Asia Minor just south of the Byzantine capital Constantinople. In 1326, the Ottomans captured nearby Bursa, cutting off Asia Minor from Byzantine control. The Ottomans first crossed into Europe in 1352, establishing a permanent settlement at Çimpe Castle on the Dardanelles in 1354 and moving their capital to Edirne (Adrianople) in 1369. At the same time, the numerous small Turkic states in Asia Minor were assimilated into the budding Ottoman sultanate through conquest or declarations of allegiance.
The Second Battle of Kosovo was a land battle between a Hungarian-led Crusader army and the Ottoman Empire at Kosovo field that took place from 17–20 October 1448. It was the culmination of a Hungarian offensive to avenge the defeat at the Battle of Varna four years earlier. In the three-day battle the Ottoman army under the command of Sultan Murad II defeated the Crusader army of regent John Hunyadi.
A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts began during the Byzantine–Ottoman wars, waged in Anatolia in the late 13th century before entering Europe in the mid-14th century with the Bulgarian–Ottoman wars. The mid-15th century saw the Serbian–Ottoman wars and the Albanian-Ottoman wars. Much of this period was characterized by the Ottoman expansion into the Balkans. The Ottoman Empire made further inroads into Central Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, culminating in the peak of Ottoman territorial claims in Europe.
The history of Kosovo dates back to pre-historic times when the Starčevo culture, Vinča culture, Bubanj-Hum culture, and Baden culture were active in the region. Since then, many archaeological sites have been discovered due to the abundance of natural resources which gave way to the development of life.
The name Kosovo is the most frequently used form in English when discussing the region in question. The Albanian spelling Kosova has lesser currency. The alternative spellings Cossovo and Kossovo were frequently used until the early 20th century.
The Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire concerns the history of the Ottoman Empire from the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 until the second half of the sixteenth century, roughly the end of the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. During this period a system of patrimonial rule based on the absolute authority of the sultan reached its apex, and the empire developed the institutional foundations which it would maintain, in modified form, for several centuries. The territory of the Ottoman Empire greatly expanded, and led to what some historians have called the Pax Ottomana. The process of centralization undergone by the empire prior to 1453 was brought to completion in the reign of Mehmed II.
Kosovo was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1455 to 1913, originally as part of the eyalet of Rumelia, and from 1864 as a separate Kosovo vilayet.
Moravian Serbia, the Principality of Moravian Serbia or the Realm of Prince Lazar was the largest and most powerful Serbian principality to emerge from the ruins of the Serbian Empire (1371). Moravian Serbia was named after Morava, the main river of the region. The independent principality in the region of Morava was established in 1371, and attained its largest extent in 1379 through the military and political activities of its first ruler, prince Lazar Hrebeljanović. In 1402 it was raised to the Serbian Despotate, which would exist until 1459.
The Hungarian–Ottoman wars were a series of battles between the Ottoman Empire and the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Following the Byzantine Civil War, the Ottoman capture of Gallipoli, and the decisive Battle of Kosovo, the Ottoman Empire was poised to conquer the entirety of the Balkans. It also sought and expressed desire to expand further north into Central Europe, beginning with the Hungarian lands.
This is a timeline containing events regarding the history of Kosovo.
During the decline and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Muslim inhabitants living in Muslim-minority territories previously under Ottoman control often found themselves persecuted after borders were re-drawn. These populations were subject to genocide, expropriation, massacres, religious persecution, mass rape, and ethnic cleansing.
The Sanjak of Nicopolis was a sanjak in the Ottoman Empire, with Nikopol in modern Bulgaria as its administrative centre. It was established out of the territories of the Tsardom of Vidin, after the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396.
Serbian historiography refers to the historiography of the Serb people since the founding of Serbian statehood. The development can be divided into four main stages: traditional historiography, Ruvarac's critical school, Communist–Marxist legacy, and the renewed Serbian national movement.
Thus since the Turks also withdrew, one can conclude that the battle was a draw.
Surprisingly enough, it is not even possible to know with certainty from the extant contemporary material whether one or the other side was victorious on the field. There is certainly little to indicate that it was a great Serbian defeat; and the earliest reports of the conflict suggest, on the contrary, that the Christian forces had won.
The outcome of the battle itself was inconclusive.
Losses on both sides were appalling and the outcome inconclusive although the Serbs never fully recovered.
The battle is remembered as a heroic defeat, but historical evidence suggests an inconclusive draw.
The Ottoman army probably numbered between 30,000 and 40,000. They faced something like 15,000 to 25,000 Eastern Orthodox soldiers. [...] Accounts from the period after the battle depict the engagement at Kosovo as anything from a draw to a Christian victory.
Discussions of the Kosovo conflict often start with the battle of Kosovo Polje (the Field of Blackbirds) in 1389 when the Serbs were defeated by the Ottoman Empire
1389: A Serbian-led Christian army (including Albanians) suffers a catastrophic defeat by Ottoman forces at the Battle of Kosovo.
In the epic battle of Kosovo Polje, just west from present-day Pristina, Serb grand duke (knez) Lazar Hrebeljanovic, who led the joined Christian forces, lost the battle (and life) to Turkish sultan Murad I
The highpoint of this conflict, the Battle of Kosovo Polje, ended in Serbian defeat and the death of Prince Lazar, beheaded by the Turks
The Ottoman conquest of Novo Brdo, a center of silver production, took place on June 27, 1441; see JireSek, Geschichte der Serben, II, 178.
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The Albanian forces fought on the side of Turkey not because they desired a continuance of Turkish rule but because they believed that together with the Turks, they would be able to defend their territory and prevent the partition of "Greater Albania
Ottoman regulars supported by Albanian irregulars continued in central and southern Albania even after the signing of the armistice in December 1912