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