| 1055 |
|
Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad |
| 1075 |
|
Seljuk Turks capture Jerusalem |
| 1206 |
|
Muslim Sultanate established by Turks in Delhi, India |
| 1326 |
|
Ottoman Turk Empire begins under Orkhan |
| 1355 |
|
Ottoman Suleiman takes Gallipoli - advances into Europe |
| 1389 |
|
Ottoman Turks defeat Christian forces at Kossovo |
| 1443 |
|
Turkish advance westwards set back by European federation in Hungary |
| 1453 |
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Turkish forces capture Constantinople from Byzantines |
| 1476 |
|
Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) of Wallachia killed by Turkish forces |
| 1514 |
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Start of series of wars between Turkish and Persian Empires |
| 1517 |
|
Turks conquer Egypt |
| 1526 |
|
Turks under Suliman the Magnificent take Hungary |
| 1529 |
|
Turks lay siege to Vienna |
| 1535 |
|
Hapsburg Charles V drives Turks back from Hungary |
| 1546 |
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Death of Barbarossa, Barbary pirate who made conquests for Turkey |