Suleiman became a prominent monarch of 16th-century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's economic, military and political power. Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies in conquering the Christian strongholds of Belgrade and Rhodes as well as most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the Siege of Vienna in 1529. He annexed much of the Middle East in his conflict with the Safavids and large areas of North Africa as far west as Algeria. Under his rule, the Ottoman fleet dominated the seas from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and through the Persian Gulf.
At the helm of an expanding empire, Suleiman personally instituted major legislative changes relating to society, education, taxation and criminal law. His reforms, carried out in conjunction with the empire's chief judicial official Ebussuud Efendi, harmonized the relationship between the two forms of Ottoman law; sultanic (Kanun) and religious (Sharia). He was a distinguished poet and goldsmith; he also became a great patron of culture, overseeing the "Golden" age of the Ottoman Empire in its artistic, literary and architectural development. (extended Intro from Wikipedia)
June 11, 1494 - Trabzon - Suleiman (the Magnificent) is born
January(?) 1(?), 1502 - Istanbul - 7-year old Suleiman is taken to the Topkapi Palace to study science, history, literature, theology and military tactics
August 6, 1509 - Caffa (Theodosiya), Crimea - Prince Suleiman is sent to Crimea
August 6, 1509 - Caffa (Theodosiya), Crimea - Prince Suleiman is sent to Crimea
September 30, 1520 - Üsküdar - 25-year old Suleiman arrives in Üsküdar, on the anatolian coast of the Bosphorus. He sets out on three galleys, which take him to the Seraglio where the Grand Vizir was waiting for him =(START)
October 1, 1520 - Istanbul - Chief dignataries come to pay homage to Suleiman at the Council Chamber. Then the new Sultan goes to Edirne Kapi to rejoin the funeral cortège of Selim I
February 6, 1521 - Istanbul - Suleiman departs for his first military campaign
May(?) 1(?), 1521 - Edirne - Passage through Edirne (speculative date)
May 18, 1521 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Passage through Plovdiv
June(?) 1(?), 1521 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Passage through Sofia (speculative date)
June(?) 15(?), 1521 - Niš, Serbia - The force is divided in two. Suleiman heads to Belgrade via Šabac, while Grand Vizier Piri Pasha heads directly to Belgrade
July 7, 1521 - Šabac, Serbia - Šabac is taken and its small garrison slaughtered
July 25, 1521 - Belgrade, Serbia - Suleiman lays siege to Belgrade (under hungarian rule)
August 29, 1521 - Belgrade - Belgrade is conquered
September 18, 1521 - Belgrade - Suleiman departs to Istanbul
October 19, 1521 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul after his first military campaign
March 21, 1522 - Istanbul - Princess Mihrimah Sultan is born
June 18, 1522 - Üsküdar - Suleiman departs Üsküdar by the overland route with 100,000 men
July 2, 1522 - Kutahya - The governors (beylerbey) of Anatolia and Rumelia, Kasim Pasha and Ayas Pasha, meet Suleiman
July 28, 1522 - Marmaris, opposite Rhodes - Sultan Suleiman arrives with an army of 100,000 men to take personal charge
August 1, 1522 - Rhodes - The Beyerley of Rumelia opens fire with 21 cannons against the german bastion in Rhodes
September 4, 1522 - Rhodes - A mine makes a large breach in the english bastion. The turks poured in and a terrible battle ensued
September 24, 1522 - Rhodes - General assault - mines open gaps in the city walls and the janissaries attack all bastions at once, but they are forced back
October 12, 1522 - Rhodes - Attempt against the english bastion. The turks stop when the janissary leader is wounded
November 30, 1522 - Rhodes - An attempt against the spanish and italian bastions leave 3,000 turks dead
December 10, 1522 - Rhodes - Suleiman offers to negotiate with the Grand Master - if the town was made over to him in 3 days, the garrison could go free; if they refused, "not even the cats" would be spared
December 22, 1522 - Rhodes - The representatives of Rhodes's Latin and greek inhabitants accept Suleiman's generous terms
January 1, 1523 - Rhodes - The remaining knights and soldiers march out of Rhodes and board the 50 ships, destined to Crete
April 21, 1526 - Istanbul - The Ottoman army sets out from Istanbul, led by Suleiman personally at the head of 100,000 men and 300 cannons
July 15, 1526 - Pétervárad (Petrovaradin, Novi Sad) - The ottomans besiege and take Pétervárad
August(?) 1(?), 1526 - Ilok (eastern tip of Croatia) - The ottomans besiege and take Ilok
August 8, 1526 - Osijek - The ottomans besiege and take Osijek
August 20, 1526 - near Osijek - The ottoman army begins crossing the Drava River near Osijek
August 29, 1526 - Mohács, Hungary - Battle of Mohács - Decisive Ottoman Victory
September 10, 1526 - Buda - The ottomans pitch camp before Buda
November 30(?), 1526 - Istanbul - Suleiman is acclaimed by the people while returning to Istanbul
November 3, 1527 - Istanbul - Imperial Council meeting
December 31(?), 1527 - Istanbul - Jerome Laski, Zapolyai's envoy, arrives in Istanbul
February 28, 1528 - Istanbul - The Porte signs a treaty promising 50 cannons and 500 hundredweight of gunpowder to Zapolyai for his first campaign against Ferdinand
May 10, 1529 - Istanbul - The ottoman expedition to Vienna departs Istanbul with the customary ceremonial and display. Suleiman advances among thousands of janissaries, sipahi and akinci, while the artillery, administrators and commissariat follow in perfect order behind
July 15(?), 1529 - Belgrade, Serbia - The ottoman army reaches Belgrade
August 6, 1529 - Osijek - The ottoman army arrives in Osijek
August 18, 1529 - Mohács Plain - The ottoman army reaches the Mohács plain
September 8, 1529 - Buda - Fall of Buda
September 27, 1529 - Semmering, SW of Vienna, Austria - The ottoman army of 120,000 men and 28,000 camels, reaches Vienna. Suleiman pitches camp at the village of Semmering
October 7, 1529 - Vienna - 800 imperial troops attempt a sortie to catch the turks near the Carinthian gate from behind. The operation is badly executed and ends in disaster. Most of the soldiers take flight, but the turks pursue them and, by the evening, 500 christian heads were piled up as a trophy
October 14, 1529 - Vienna - With bad weather and ammunition and supplies running low, the ottomans launch two final assaults into the breach near the Carinthian Gate. The troops commanded by Nicholas of Salm resist.
October 16, 1529 - Vienna - Suleiman decides to lift siege, as it began to snow heavily. He regrets leaving Istanbul so late in the year, as he had only 20 days available to take a powerfully defended city. The heavier artillery didn't even reach Vienna, which was crucial for the failure
December 15(?), 1529 - Istanbul - Return to Istanbul after a difficult journey through snow and flooded roads
June 27, 1530 - Istanbul - Festivities for the circumcision of the Princes Mustafa, Mehmed and Selim. Suleiman rode to the Hippodrome, where a throne had been set up below a canopy "dazzling with gold". Surrounded by viziers, beylerbey and the janissary leader, he received the contratulations and gifts of the leading dignataries and, on the following day, those of the former viziers, the kurdish emirs and the Venetian ambassadors
October 1(?), 1530 - Istanbul - A new diplomatic mission from Ferdinand of Habsburg arrives in Istanbul, to ask Suleiman to give back Hungary
April 25, 1532 - Istanbul - Suleiman sets off on a new campaign in the Danube territories. He had with him 100,000 men, including 12,000 janissaries, 30,000 Anatolian soldiers, 16,000 rumelian soldiers and 20,000 Porte knights, the rest consisting of akinci, sappers, pontoneers, etc. 300 cannons made up his artillery force
May(?) 25(?), 1532 - Belgrade, Serbia - At Belgrade, Suleiman receives 15,000 Tartar reinforcements led by Sahib Giray, the Khan's brother
June(?) 1(?), 1532 - Eszek - Further troops join Suleiman, who was now at the head of up to 200,000 men
July 12, 1532 - Osijek - Letter to Ferdinand, warning him that the campaign was against Charles V
July(?) 15(?), 1532 - Niš, southern Serbia - Ferdinand's envoys come with peace proposals. In vain they offer 25,000 ducats, then 100,000, in return for Suleiman's acceptance of Ferdinand as King of Hungary
August 5, 1532 - Kőszeg (S. of Sopron), Hungary - Suleiman lays siege to Kőszeg
August 30, 1532 - Kőszeg - Suleiman withraws at the arrival of the August rains
September 12, 1532 - Maribor, Slovenia - Suleiman lays siege to Maribor (Marburg)
September 21, 1532 - Maribor, Slovenia - Suleiman lifts the siege and continues to Istanbul
November 18, 1532 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul after a 6-month absence. The people celebrate for five days
July 22, 1533 - Istanbul - The Treaty of Constantinople is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Archduchy of Austria
January(?) 1(?), 1534 - (While in Istanbul) - His mother dies
June 11, 1534 - Istanbul - Suleiman departs in campaign to the East
September 28, 1534 - Tabriz, Iran - Suleiman reaches Tabriz (another source says it was on 15-7-1534)
November 22, 1534 - Baghdad, Iraq - Suleiman reaches the vicinity of Baghdad after a difficult trek in cold and windy weather, with floods and overflowing rivers causing casualties
November 29, 1534 - Baghdad, Iraq - Suleiman takes Baghdad without resistance
February 1(?), 1535 - (While in Baghdad) - Tahmasb's forces recover Tabriz
April 5(?), 1535 - Baghdad - Suleiman leaves Baghdad in early April to meet Tahmasb's forces
July 1, 1535 - Tabriz, Iran - The ottoman army reaches Tabriz for a second time in the same campaign
July 4, 1535 - Tabriz - Suleiman makes a triumphal entry into the city
March 14, 1536 - Istanbul - At the urging of his conniving ucranian-born wife Roxelana, Suleiman sanctions the assassination of Grand Vizier Pargali Ibrahim Pasha, whose growing power seemed to threaten the Sultan
March 15, 1536 - Istanbul - Grand Vizier Pargali Ibrahim Pasha is executed in istanbul and his property confiscated by the state
August 19, 1537 - Vlorë, Albania - Suleiman decides to depart for Corfu
August 26, 1537 - Corfu - Suleiman and Barbarossa begin the bombardment of Corfu, after taking several islands
September 15, 1537 - Istanbul - Worried by a plague among their troops, Suleiman and Barbarossa return to Istanbul
July 9, 1538 - Istanbul - Suleiman departs in campaign to Moldavia
July 17, 1538 - Edirne - Suleiman arrives in Edirne
July 25, 1538 - Edirne - War Council
August 17, 1538 - Babadag, Romania - Suleiman visits the tomb of Sari Saltuk Baba, a 13th-century semi-legendary turkish dervish, venerated as a saint by the bektashis in the Balkans and parts of Middle East
August 21, 1538 - Oblucița (Isaccea), Romania - The Ottoman army crosses the Danube to Oblucița (Isaccea)
August 31, 1538 - Fălciu, Romania - The Ottoman army crosses the Prut River at Fălciu
September 9, 1538 - near Iași, Romania - Suleiman links up with the Tatars of Sahib Ghirai near Iași and heads to Suceava
September 15, 1538 - Suceava, NE Romania - Suleiman occupies Suceava (until 22nd)
October 20(?), 1538 - Yambol, Bulgaria - Returning to Istanbul, Suleiman passes through Yambol
October 24, 1538 - Edirne - Suleiman arrives in Edirne, on his return to Istanbul
October 28(?), 1538 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul
November 26, 1539 - Istanbul - Wedding of Princess Mihrimah to Rüstem Pasha Opuković, a croatian-born statesman, and celebrations for Prince Bayezid's circumcision
October 2, 1540 - Istanbul - Treaty granted to the Doge of Venice, Pietro Lando. The Republic agrees to new territorial sacrifices in the disputed zones between the two states: Nauplia and Monemvasia in Peloponnesus, Vrana and Nadin on the border of Bosnia, as well as a group of Aegean Islands, including Naxos, Paros, Santorini and Andros
November(?) 1(?), 1540 - Istanbul - Villegagnon delivers a letter from the french King to Suleiman
August 21, 1541 - Buda, Hungary - Suleiman defeats Wilhelm von Roggendorf's habsburg army. The ottomans occupy Buda
July 25, 1543 - Esztergom, Hungary - Suleiman besieges Esztergom
August 10, 1543 - Esztergom - Esztergom is captured
August 20, 1543 - Székesfehérvár - The ottoman army marches to Székesfehérvár
September 2, 1543 - Székesfehérvár - The ottoman soldiers storm the outer city of Székesfehérvár. The Citadel surrenders the next day
March 1(?), 1544 - Suleiman appoints his son Selim as the Provincial Governor of Manisa
July 27, 1548 - Tabriz, Iran - The Ottomans occupy Tabriz for the fourth time
August 25, 1548 - Van, E.Turkey - The City of Van is surrounded, put under siege and bombarded
October 26, 1552 - Istanbul(?) - Letter to Piri Reis, who was off Hormuz
August 28, 1553 - Istanbul - Suleiman (in company of his son Cihandir) departs Istanbul with the Ottoman Army for his third campaign in the east agains the Safavids
October 5, 1553 - Ereğli, Konya - Suleiman arrives in Ereğli
October 6, 1553 - Ereğli, Konya - Şehzade (Crown Prince) Mustafa arrives at his father's camp. Suleiman has him strangled
November 8, 1553 - Aleppo, Syria - Suleiman arrives in Aleppo to spend winter. He is greated by the City
November 15, 1553 - (While in Aleppo) - An official letter is sent from Istanbul to Venice, explaining that Piri Reis had been beheaded in Cairo because he had been corrupted by the portuguese and had raised the siege of Hormuz
April 9, 1554 - Aleppo - Suleiman departs for Diyarbakir after spending winter in Aleppo
May 15, 1554 - Diyarbakir(?) - Commanders and officers of various units are invited to an imperial council meeting
June(?) 1(?), 1554 - Erzurum - The ottoman army marches to Erzurum
June 29, 1554 - Nahçivan, Azerbaijan enclave - The ottoman army reaches Nahçivan
July 5, 1554 - Kars, NE Turkey - Suleiman falls back on Kars due to logistic difficulties
July 10, 1554 - Nahçivan - The ottoman army marches to Nahçivan again
July 18, 1554 - Yerevan, Armenia - Suleiman reaches Yerevan, burning and looting the countryside and the towns they came across
August 7(?), 1554 - Erzurum - Suleiman returns to Erzurum for Ramadan. A letter from the Shah arrives
May 21, 1555 - Amasya - Suleiman invites the ambassadors for an imperial council
May 29, 1555 - Amasya - Peace Treaty between Sultan Suleiman and Shah Tahmasp of Safavid Iran - The treaty defined the border between Iran and the Ottoman Empire. By this treaty Armenia and Georgia were divided equally between the two, the Ottoman Empire obtained most of Iraq, including Baghdad, which gave them access to the Persian Gulf, while the Persians retained their former capital Tabriz and the north-western borders as they were prior to the wars. The frontier thus established ran across the mountains dividing eastern and western Georgia (under native vassal princes), through Armenia, and via the western slopes of the Zagros down to the Persian Gulf. The Ottomans, further, gave permission for Persian pilgrims to go to the holy places of Mecca and Medina as well as to the Shiite sites of pilgrimage in Iraq
June 21, 1555 - Amasya - Suleiman leaves Amasya
July 31, 1555 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul
September 29, 1555 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul (info needed: from where he came?)
April 15, 1558 - Istanbul - Roxelana dies in Topkapi Palace, aged 53-56
September 25, 1561 - Istanbul - Suleiman orders the death of Bayezid, one of his sons, after he is repatriated by the Shah of Persia
May 1, 1566 - Istanbul - Suleiman departs Istanbul at the head of another gigantic army
June 27, 1566 - Belgrade - The Ottoman army reaches Belgrade after a 49-day march. Suleiman meets with John II Sigismund Zápolya (who he earlier promised to make the ruler of all Hungary)
August 5, 1566 - Szigetvár, Hungary - Suleiman arrives in Szigetvár with the main force (advanced guard arrived on August 2nd)
August 6, 1566 - Szigetvár - The siege begins. Suleiman orders a general assault on the ramparts, although it is repulsed
September 7, 1566 - Szigetvár - Suleiman the Magnificent dies in his tent, aged 71 =(END)
Bibliography
CLOT, André - Suleiman the Magnificent
October 1, 1520 - Istanbul - Chief dignataries come to pay homage to Suleiman at the Council Chamber. Then the new Sultan goes to Edirne Kapi to rejoin the funeral cortège of Selim I
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| Suleiman ahead of his army |
May(?) 1(?), 1521 - Edirne - Passage through Edirne (speculative date)
May 18, 1521 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Passage through Plovdiv
June(?) 1(?), 1521 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Passage through Sofia (speculative date)
June(?) 15(?), 1521 - Niš, Serbia - The force is divided in two. Suleiman heads to Belgrade via Šabac, while Grand Vizier Piri Pasha heads directly to Belgrade
July 7, 1521 - Šabac, Serbia - Šabac is taken and its small garrison slaughtered
July 25, 1521 - Belgrade, Serbia - Suleiman lays siege to Belgrade (under hungarian rule)
August 29, 1521 - Belgrade - Belgrade is conquered
September 18, 1521 - Belgrade - Suleiman departs to Istanbul
October 19, 1521 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul after his first military campaign
March 21, 1522 - Istanbul - Princess Mihrimah Sultan is born
June 18, 1522 - Üsküdar - Suleiman departs Üsküdar by the overland route with 100,000 men
July 2, 1522 - Kutahya - The governors (beylerbey) of Anatolia and Rumelia, Kasim Pasha and Ayas Pasha, meet Suleiman
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| Suleiman in Rhodes, 1522 |
August 1, 1522 - Rhodes - The Beyerley of Rumelia opens fire with 21 cannons against the german bastion in Rhodes
September 4, 1522 - Rhodes - A mine makes a large breach in the english bastion. The turks poured in and a terrible battle ensued
September 24, 1522 - Rhodes - General assault - mines open gaps in the city walls and the janissaries attack all bastions at once, but they are forced back
October 12, 1522 - Rhodes - Attempt against the english bastion. The turks stop when the janissary leader is wounded
November 30, 1522 - Rhodes - An attempt against the spanish and italian bastions leave 3,000 turks dead
December 10, 1522 - Rhodes - Suleiman offers to negotiate with the Grand Master - if the town was made over to him in 3 days, the garrison could go free; if they refused, "not even the cats" would be spared
December 22, 1522 - Rhodes - The representatives of Rhodes's Latin and greek inhabitants accept Suleiman's generous terms
January 1, 1523 - Rhodes - The remaining knights and soldiers march out of Rhodes and board the 50 ships, destined to Crete
April 21, 1526 - Istanbul - The Ottoman army sets out from Istanbul, led by Suleiman personally at the head of 100,000 men and 300 cannons
July 15, 1526 - Pétervárad (Petrovaradin, Novi Sad) - The ottomans besiege and take Pétervárad
August(?) 1(?), 1526 - Ilok (eastern tip of Croatia) - The ottomans besiege and take Ilok
August 8, 1526 - Osijek - The ottomans besiege and take Osijek
August 20, 1526 - near Osijek - The ottoman army begins crossing the Drava River near Osijek
August 29, 1526 - Mohács, Hungary - Battle of Mohács - Decisive Ottoman Victory
September 10, 1526 - Buda - The ottomans pitch camp before Buda
November 30(?), 1526 - Istanbul - Suleiman is acclaimed by the people while returning to Istanbul
November 3, 1527 - Istanbul - Imperial Council meeting
December 31(?), 1527 - Istanbul - Jerome Laski, Zapolyai's envoy, arrives in Istanbul
February 28, 1528 - Istanbul - The Porte signs a treaty promising 50 cannons and 500 hundredweight of gunpowder to Zapolyai for his first campaign against Ferdinand
May 10, 1529 - Istanbul - The ottoman expedition to Vienna departs Istanbul with the customary ceremonial and display. Suleiman advances among thousands of janissaries, sipahi and akinci, while the artillery, administrators and commissariat follow in perfect order behind
July 15(?), 1529 - Belgrade, Serbia - The ottoman army reaches Belgrade
August 6, 1529 - Osijek - The ottoman army arrives in Osijek
August 18, 1529 - Mohács Plain - The ottoman army reaches the Mohács plain
September 8, 1529 - Buda - Fall of Buda
September 27, 1529 - Semmering, SW of Vienna, Austria - The ottoman army of 120,000 men and 28,000 camels, reaches Vienna. Suleiman pitches camp at the village of Semmering
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| Siege of Vienna, 1529 |
October 14, 1529 - Vienna - With bad weather and ammunition and supplies running low, the ottomans launch two final assaults into the breach near the Carinthian Gate. The troops commanded by Nicholas of Salm resist.
October 16, 1529 - Vienna - Suleiman decides to lift siege, as it began to snow heavily. He regrets leaving Istanbul so late in the year, as he had only 20 days available to take a powerfully defended city. The heavier artillery didn't even reach Vienna, which was crucial for the failure
December 15(?), 1529 - Istanbul - Return to Istanbul after a difficult journey through snow and flooded roads
June 27, 1530 - Istanbul - Festivities for the circumcision of the Princes Mustafa, Mehmed and Selim. Suleiman rode to the Hippodrome, where a throne had been set up below a canopy "dazzling with gold". Surrounded by viziers, beylerbey and the janissary leader, he received the contratulations and gifts of the leading dignataries and, on the following day, those of the former viziers, the kurdish emirs and the Venetian ambassadors
October 1(?), 1530 - Istanbul - A new diplomatic mission from Ferdinand of Habsburg arrives in Istanbul, to ask Suleiman to give back Hungary
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| Hurrem Sultan, or, Roxelana |
May(?) 25(?), 1532 - Belgrade, Serbia - At Belgrade, Suleiman receives 15,000 Tartar reinforcements led by Sahib Giray, the Khan's brother
June(?) 1(?), 1532 - Eszek - Further troops join Suleiman, who was now at the head of up to 200,000 men
July 12, 1532 - Osijek - Letter to Ferdinand, warning him that the campaign was against Charles V
July(?) 15(?), 1532 - Niš, southern Serbia - Ferdinand's envoys come with peace proposals. In vain they offer 25,000 ducats, then 100,000, in return for Suleiman's acceptance of Ferdinand as King of Hungary
August 5, 1532 - Kőszeg (S. of Sopron), Hungary - Suleiman lays siege to Kőszeg
August 30, 1532 - Kőszeg - Suleiman withraws at the arrival of the August rains
September 12, 1532 - Maribor, Slovenia - Suleiman lays siege to Maribor (Marburg)
September 21, 1532 - Maribor, Slovenia - Suleiman lifts the siege and continues to Istanbul
November 18, 1532 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul after a 6-month absence. The people celebrate for five days
July 22, 1533 - Istanbul - The Treaty of Constantinople is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Archduchy of Austria
January(?) 1(?), 1534 - (While in Istanbul) - His mother dies
June 11, 1534 - Istanbul - Suleiman departs in campaign to the East
September 28, 1534 - Tabriz, Iran - Suleiman reaches Tabriz (another source says it was on 15-7-1534)
November 22, 1534 - Baghdad, Iraq - Suleiman reaches the vicinity of Baghdad after a difficult trek in cold and windy weather, with floods and overflowing rivers causing casualties
November 29, 1534 - Baghdad, Iraq - Suleiman takes Baghdad without resistance
February 1(?), 1535 - (While in Baghdad) - Tahmasb's forces recover Tabriz
April 5(?), 1535 - Baghdad - Suleiman leaves Baghdad in early April to meet Tahmasb's forces
July 1, 1535 - Tabriz, Iran - The ottoman army reaches Tabriz for a second time in the same campaign
July 4, 1535 - Tabriz - Suleiman makes a triumphal entry into the city
March 14, 1536 - Istanbul - At the urging of his conniving ucranian-born wife Roxelana, Suleiman sanctions the assassination of Grand Vizier Pargali Ibrahim Pasha, whose growing power seemed to threaten the Sultan
March 15, 1536 - Istanbul - Grand Vizier Pargali Ibrahim Pasha is executed in istanbul and his property confiscated by the state
August 19, 1537 - Vlorë, Albania - Suleiman decides to depart for Corfu
August 26, 1537 - Corfu - Suleiman and Barbarossa begin the bombardment of Corfu, after taking several islands
September 15, 1537 - Istanbul - Worried by a plague among their troops, Suleiman and Barbarossa return to Istanbul
July 9, 1538 - Istanbul - Suleiman departs in campaign to Moldavia
July 17, 1538 - Edirne - Suleiman arrives in Edirne
July 25, 1538 - Edirne - War Council
August 17, 1538 - Babadag, Romania - Suleiman visits the tomb of Sari Saltuk Baba, a 13th-century semi-legendary turkish dervish, venerated as a saint by the bektashis in the Balkans and parts of Middle East
August 21, 1538 - Oblucița (Isaccea), Romania - The Ottoman army crosses the Danube to Oblucița (Isaccea)
August 31, 1538 - Fălciu, Romania - The Ottoman army crosses the Prut River at Fălciu
September 9, 1538 - near Iași, Romania - Suleiman links up with the Tatars of Sahib Ghirai near Iași and heads to Suceava
September 15, 1538 - Suceava, NE Romania - Suleiman occupies Suceava (until 22nd)
October 20(?), 1538 - Yambol, Bulgaria - Returning to Istanbul, Suleiman passes through Yambol
October 24, 1538 - Edirne - Suleiman arrives in Edirne, on his return to Istanbul
October 28(?), 1538 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul
November 26, 1539 - Istanbul - Wedding of Princess Mihrimah to Rüstem Pasha Opuković, a croatian-born statesman, and celebrations for Prince Bayezid's circumcision
October 2, 1540 - Istanbul - Treaty granted to the Doge of Venice, Pietro Lando. The Republic agrees to new territorial sacrifices in the disputed zones between the two states: Nauplia and Monemvasia in Peloponnesus, Vrana and Nadin on the border of Bosnia, as well as a group of Aegean Islands, including Naxos, Paros, Santorini and Andros
November(?) 1(?), 1540 - Istanbul - Villegagnon delivers a letter from the french King to Suleiman
August 21, 1541 - Buda, Hungary - Suleiman defeats Wilhelm von Roggendorf's habsburg army. The ottomans occupy Buda
July 25, 1543 - Esztergom, Hungary - Suleiman besieges Esztergom
August 10, 1543 - Esztergom - Esztergom is captured
August 20, 1543 - Székesfehérvár - The ottoman army marches to Székesfehérvár
September 2, 1543 - Székesfehérvár - The ottoman soldiers storm the outer city of Székesfehérvár. The Citadel surrenders the next day
March 1(?), 1544 - Suleiman appoints his son Selim as the Provincial Governor of Manisa
July 27, 1548 - Tabriz, Iran - The Ottomans occupy Tabriz for the fourth time
August 25, 1548 - Van, E.Turkey - The City of Van is surrounded, put under siege and bombarded
October 26, 1552 - Istanbul(?) - Letter to Piri Reis, who was off Hormuz
August 28, 1553 - Istanbul - Suleiman (in company of his son Cihandir) departs Istanbul with the Ottoman Army for his third campaign in the east agains the Safavids
October 5, 1553 - Ereğli, Konya - Suleiman arrives in Ereğli
October 6, 1553 - Ereğli, Konya - Şehzade (Crown Prince) Mustafa arrives at his father's camp. Suleiman has him strangled
November 8, 1553 - Aleppo, Syria - Suleiman arrives in Aleppo to spend winter. He is greated by the City
November 15, 1553 - (While in Aleppo) - An official letter is sent from Istanbul to Venice, explaining that Piri Reis had been beheaded in Cairo because he had been corrupted by the portuguese and had raised the siege of Hormuz
April 9, 1554 - Aleppo - Suleiman departs for Diyarbakir after spending winter in Aleppo
May 15, 1554 - Diyarbakir(?) - Commanders and officers of various units are invited to an imperial council meeting
June(?) 1(?), 1554 - Erzurum - The ottoman army marches to Erzurum
June 29, 1554 - Nahçivan, Azerbaijan enclave - The ottoman army reaches Nahçivan
July 5, 1554 - Kars, NE Turkey - Suleiman falls back on Kars due to logistic difficulties
July 10, 1554 - Nahçivan - The ottoman army marches to Nahçivan again
July 18, 1554 - Yerevan, Armenia - Suleiman reaches Yerevan, burning and looting the countryside and the towns they came across
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| Old age Suleiman |
May 21, 1555 - Amasya - Suleiman invites the ambassadors for an imperial council
May 29, 1555 - Amasya - Peace Treaty between Sultan Suleiman and Shah Tahmasp of Safavid Iran - The treaty defined the border between Iran and the Ottoman Empire. By this treaty Armenia and Georgia were divided equally between the two, the Ottoman Empire obtained most of Iraq, including Baghdad, which gave them access to the Persian Gulf, while the Persians retained their former capital Tabriz and the north-western borders as they were prior to the wars. The frontier thus established ran across the mountains dividing eastern and western Georgia (under native vassal princes), through Armenia, and via the western slopes of the Zagros down to the Persian Gulf. The Ottomans, further, gave permission for Persian pilgrims to go to the holy places of Mecca and Medina as well as to the Shiite sites of pilgrimage in Iraq
June 21, 1555 - Amasya - Suleiman leaves Amasya
July 31, 1555 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul
September 29, 1555 - Istanbul - Suleiman returns to Istanbul (info needed: from where he came?)
April 15, 1558 - Istanbul - Roxelana dies in Topkapi Palace, aged 53-56
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| Suleiman's funeral, 1566 |
May 1, 1566 - Istanbul - Suleiman departs Istanbul at the head of another gigantic army
June 27, 1566 - Belgrade - The Ottoman army reaches Belgrade after a 49-day march. Suleiman meets with John II Sigismund Zápolya (who he earlier promised to make the ruler of all Hungary)
August 5, 1566 - Szigetvár, Hungary - Suleiman arrives in Szigetvár with the main force (advanced guard arrived on August 2nd)
August 6, 1566 - Szigetvár - The siege begins. Suleiman orders a general assault on the ramparts, although it is repulsed
September 7, 1566 - Szigetvár - Suleiman the Magnificent dies in his tent, aged 71 =(END)
Bibliography
CLOT, André - Suleiman the Magnificent
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