Ottoman–Persian Wars 1514–1823

Ottoman Empire ⚔ Persian Empire

Key battles

• Battle of Chaldiran (1514)
• Capture of Baghdad (1638) (1638)
• Battle of Gulnabad (1722)
• Siege of Isfahan (1722)
• Battle of Karnal (1739)
• Siege of Baghdad (1821)

Who lived through the Ottoman–Persian Wars

Well-known people alive during 1514–1823:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
• Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
• Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) — president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
• Napoleon (1769–1821) — French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• Charles Darwin (1809–1882) — English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) — Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
• George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) — German composer (1770-1827)
• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) — Italian polymath (1564–1642)
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885) — French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
• Michelangelo (1475–1564) — Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — German composer (1685–1750)
• Martin Luther (1483–1546) — German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
• Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — German philosopher (1724-1804)
• René Descartes (1596–1650) — French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) — Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870) — English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
• Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) — Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) — Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) — Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) — American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) — Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
• Molière (1622–1673) — French playwright and actor (1622–1673)

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