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Ottoman Wars in Europe

1354 CE – 1453 CE · 99 years

The Ottomans crossed into Europe at Gallipoli in 1354 and systematically conquered the Balkans, crushing Serbian and Crusader resistance before capturing Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Byzantine Empire, Serbia, Bulgaria & Crusader coalitions

Key moments

Defining events in the Ottoman Wars in Europe.

  1. 1389 Battle of Kosovo
  2. 1396 Battle of Nicopolis
  3. 1444 Battle of Varna
  4. 1453 Fall of Constantinople

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

350 BCE – 1404 CE

Polity · Europe

Poland-Lithuania

Attested 1400 CE – 1500 CE

Conflict · Europe

Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans

1371 CE – 1459 CE

Trade route · Europe

Viking North Atlantic Route

870 CE – 1400 CE

Landmark · Europe

Wawel Cathedral

1364 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Castile

Attested 1279 CE – 1400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Wars of Scottish Independence

1296 CE – 1357 CE

Trade route · Europe

Venice–Constantinople Route

800 CE – 1600 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1354 CE and 1453 CE.

1358 CE Jacquerie 1364 CE Wawel Cathedral 1371 CE Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans 1380 CE Muscovite–Mongol Wars 1381 CE English Peasants' Revolt

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Srivijaya Empire Polity 650 CE – 1400 CE Silk Road Trade route · East Asia 200 BCE – 1450 CE Mongol Conquests Conflict 1206 CE – 1368 CE Ibn Battuta Figure · Morocco / Global 1304 CE – 1368 CE Rangitoto Island Landmark · Oceania 1450 CE – still standing
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