1917-03-10

(10 March) The Ottoman authorities had to evacuate Baghdad to avoid encirclement from the British,…

1924-03-03

(3 March) A decree of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey abolished the office of…

1640-02-09

(9 February) The 18th Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I ascended the Ottoman throne after the death…

1755-12-05

(5 December) The 25th Ottoman Sultan Osman III (r. 1754-1757) opened the Nuruosmaniye Mosque in…

1637-11-09

(9 November) The Mughal ambassador, Mir Zarif, departed from Agra to commence his journey to the…

1808-09-29

(29 September) The Charter of Alliance or Sened-i Ittifak was signed by the defacto grand…

0630-10-26

(26 October) After hearing about a Byzantine invasion of Medina led by emperor Heraclius, the…

1739-09-18

(18 September) The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Belgrade on one side and the Habsburg…

1905-07-21

(21 July) The Armenians carried out a terrorist (suicide bomb) attack in front of the…