SIEGE OF SZEGED, 1566
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Classical period of the Ottoman Empire c. 1300-1600
Circumscribing the life and times of Suleyman the Magnificent 1481-1598
Life Span of Suleyman the Magnificent 1494-1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent 1520-1566



Military Campaigns of Suleyman: 
Timeline of Selected Events

1521--Conquest of Belgrade
1522--Fall of Rhodes
1523
1524
1525
1526--Battle of Mohacs
1527
1528
1529--Siege of Vienna
1530
1531
1532--Siege of Guns
1533--Two Iraqs Campaign
1534--Conquest of Baghdad; Battles of Tunis
1535--Battles of Tunis
1536
1537--War with Venice; Siege of Corfu
1538--Naval Battle of Preveza
1539
1540--Peace with Venice
1541
1542
1543--Siege of Nice
1544
1545
1546
1547
1548--Conquest of Van
1549
1550
1551
1552
1553
1554--Campaign in Iran
1555
1556--Hungarian Campaign
1557--Hungarian Campaign
1558--Hungarian Campaign
1559--Hungarian Campaign
1560
1561
1562
1563
1564
1565--Siege of Malta
1566--Siege of Szeged






  • Suleyman's final return to the Danube Basin focuses once again in Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain.  This time, however, he is killed just prior to the end of battle.  The reign of Suleyman the Magnificent is over.  Use the maps above to imagine strategy mixed terrain, from rugged regions to deserts incised by valleys.   Is what you imagine the way it happened? The link provided here offers a starting point to this complex topic.
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