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1774: Ottoman Sultan whose Mother and Wife were probably Catholic

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1774: Ottoman Sultan whose Mother and Wife were probably Catholic

Mustafa III was well educated and cultured. He even wrote poetry, and was engaged in astronomy. On this d ...

Mustafa III was well educated and cultured. He even wrote poetry, and was engaged in astronomy. On this day the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mustafa III died. He was the 23rd monarch on the throne of ...

January 21, 2020
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Ottoman Sultan who Married a White European – 1595

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|Date: January 15, 2020
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Ottoman Sultan who Married a White European – 1595

Upon coming to power, Sultan Murad III had his younger brothers strangled, which was standard practice at ...

Upon coming to power, Sultan Murad III had his younger brothers strangled, which was standard practice at that time. In that way sultans made sure their own sons would inherit the throne. This day mar ...

January 15, 2020
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1689: Christian Forces Penetrate deep into the Ottoman Empire and Raze Skopje

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1689: Christian Forces Penetrate deep into the Ottoman Empire and Raze Skopje

On this day in 1689, a catastrophic fire broke out in Skopje, destroying a large part of the city within ...

On this day in 1689, a catastrophic fire broke out in Skopje, destroying a large part of the city within only a few days. The fire was allegedly started by the Austrian invaders, who had managed to pe ...

October 26, 2019
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1912: Tiny Montenegro Declares War on the Ottoman Empire

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|Date: October 08, 2019
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1912: Tiny Montenegro Declares War on the Ottoman Empire

On this day in 1912, tiny Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire. Thus began the First Balkan War. ...

On this day in 1912, tiny Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire. Thus began the First Balkan War. The other Christian countries (Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece) entered the war only a week after ...

October 08, 2019
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1911: Italy Declares War on the Ottoman Empire (Italo-Turkish War)

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1911: Italy Declares War on the Ottoman Empire (Italo-Turkish War)

On this day in 1911, Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire. That was the beginning of the Italo-Turkis ...

On this day in 1911, Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire. That was the beginning of the Italo-Turkish War (it lasted from 1911 to 1912). That war was surprisingly historically influential, althou ...

September 29, 2019
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1529: Suleiman the Magnificent Begins the Siege of Vienna

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1529: Suleiman the Magnificent Begins the Siege of Vienna

On this day in 1529, the troops of Suleiman the Magnificent, the ruler of the Ottoman Empire, began the S ...

On this day in 1529, the troops of Suleiman the Magnificent, the ruler of the Ottoman Empire, began the Siege of Vienna. Suleiman came to Vienna with his army. He was 34 years old, and nine years befo ...

September 27, 2019
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1669: End of the Longest Siege in the History of the World

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1669: End of the Longest Siege in the History of the World

This day marked the end of the longest siege in the history of the world, when the Venetians surrendered ...

This day marked the end of the longest siege in the history of the world, when the Venetians surrendered their last stronghold on the island of Crete to the Ottoman Turks. The last fort was the famous ...

September 27, 2019
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1520: How did Suleiman the Magnificent Come to Power?

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1520: How did Suleiman the Magnificent Come to Power?

Father of Suleiman the Magnificent – the famous Sultan Selim I (also known as Selim the Cruel) died on th ...

Father of Suleiman the Magnificent – the famous Sultan Selim I (also known as Selim the Cruel) died on this day in 1520. He doubled the Ottoman Empire after he had conquered Egypt, Palestine, Syria an ...

September 22, 2019
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