Ottoman Wars in Europe 1354–1683

Byzantine Empire ⚔ Ottoman Empire

Key battles

• Battle of Maritsa (1371)
• Battle of Pločnik (1385)
• Battle of Savra (1385)
• Battle of Bileća (1388)
• Battle of Kosovo (1389)
• Battle of Nicopolis (1396)
• Battle of Hermannstadt (1442)
• Battle of Torvioll (1444)
• Battle of Kosovo (1448)
• Siege of Krujë (1450)
• Fall of Constantinople (1453) — Mehmed II, Halil Pasha, Zagan Pasha vs Constantine XI, Loukas Notaras, Theophilos Palaiologos
• Siege of Belgrade (1456)
• Battle of Albulena (1457)
• Siege of Krujë (1467)
• Siege of Rhodes (1480)
• Ottoman invasion of Otranto (1481)
• Battle of Krbava Field (1493)
• Capture of Algiers (1516)
• Fall of Tlemcen (1518)
• Siege of Rhodes (1522)
• First Turkish Siege of Vienna (1529)
• Capture of Algiers (1529)
• Siege of Güns (1532)
• Conquest of Tunis (1534)
• Conquest of Tunis (1535)
• Battle of Đakovo (1537)
• Siege of Castelnuovo (1539)
• Algiers expedition (1541)
• Siege of Esztergom (1543)
• Siege of Tripoli (1551)
• 1552 Siege of Eger (1552)
• Siege of Malta (1565)
• Siege of Szigetvár (1566)
• Conquest of Tunis (1574)
• Battle of Sisak (1593)
• Battle of Călugăreni (1595)
• Battle of Keresztes (1596)
• Battle of Sellenberk (1599)
• Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)
• Battle of Petrovaradin (1716)
• Siege of Belgrade (1717)
• Battle of Karánsebes (1788)
• Siege of Belgrade (1789)

Who lived through the Ottoman Wars in Europe

Well-known people alive during 1354–1683:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) — Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
• Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) — Italian polymath (1564–1642)
• Michelangelo (1475–1564) — Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
• Martin Luther (1483–1546) — German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
• René Descartes (1596–1650) — French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) — Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
• Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) — Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) — Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
• Molière (1622–1673) — French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) — Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
• John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
• Rembrandt (1606–1669) — Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
• Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) — Japanese poet (1644–1694)
• Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) — Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
• Raphael (1483–1520) — Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)
• Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) — French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
• Joan of Arc (1412–1431) — French folk heroine (1412–1431), military leader who crowned Charles VII and Roman Catholic saint, canonized 500 years after her death
• Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) — German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)
• Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603) — Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
• Francis Bacon (1561–1626) — English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
• Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) — King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
• Johannes Kepler (1572–1630) — German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

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