The following is a list of Ottoman sieges and landings from the late 1200s to World War I.
The Ottoman Emirate (Mid-13th century - 1402) EventDate Who ResultEscaping the Mongol dominance, Ertugrul settled his tribe in West AnatoliaUnknown; mid-13th centuryErtugrulConquering of Malagina and SogutThe Sakarya river became submerged after a series of floods, leaving the Byzantine province of Bithynia defenceless to raidsPossibly 1302 OsmanConquest of a wide foothold of small towns Conquest of the island of Kalolimnos (present day İmralı Island) and the beginning of Ottoman presence in the Sea of MarmaraSource needed1308^Conquest of Mudanya by the Ottoman Emirate and the first Ottoman landings in Thrace, southeastern Europe1321^Access to the Marmara sea with MudanyaTaking advantage of the Byzantine civil war the Ottomans took their time to deplead the Byzantines of their supplies by a decade long siege1317 - April 1326Orhan and OsmanThe conquering of Bursa and the first major city in Ottoman controlAfter an earthquake damaging the Byzantine fortifications Orhan seized the opportunity to create a foothold near the Dardanelles1327OrhanConquest of Lopadion (modern day Ulubat)Emperor Andronikos III could not break Orhan's army which was stationened at Pelekanon, leading in Byzantine failure to protect the rest of the Bithynian province1328 - 1337^Conquest of major cities Nikaia (1331) and Nikomedia (1337)Conquest of the strategic port city and gulf of Gemlik on the Marmara Sea by the Ottoman Emirate1333^Using the base of Lopadion Orhan launched a series of attacks against the Turkish emirate of Karesi. Resulting in a reliable crossing point from Asia into Europe.1345 - 1346^Conquest of the modern-day Balikesir and the Dardanelles.Benefitting from the Byzantine civil wars, earthquakes and tactfully marrying into alliances Suleyman pasha, Orhan's son, would lead Ottoman troops onto European soil. Using the claim of their ally Kantakouzenos the Ottomans could raid and conquer, eventually leading to a strong foothold in Thrace.1346 - 1361Orhan and Suleiman pashaAlliance with Kantakouzenos by marriage (1346), start of war against John V (1352), conquest of Gallipoli (March 1354) and conquest of Dimetoka (1359 or 1361)Conquest of Üsküdar (formerly Scutari or Chrysopolis) and Kadıköy (formerly Chalcedon) on the Anatolian side of İstanbul, the Marmara Island.1352Suleyman pasha, Orhan's son, would conquer the city of Ankara. Although it is unknown from whom and for how long the Ottomans were able to control the area.1354Suleiman pashaTemporary control of the beylik surrounding Ankara.Small Turkic beyliks in Anatolia succumbed to the power of the Ottomans; by political marriages and annexation.1362 - 1376MuradAnnexation of land up to the city of modern day Antalya (late 1360s) and conquest of Germiyan and Kutahya (1375-1376) First Ottoman landings in Attica, Morea and the Adriatic Sea1372First conquests and acquisitions in North Macedonia (Battle of Maritsa, Mrnjavčević lands)1371 1373Conquest of Moravian Serbia (Battle of Dubravnica) Siege and conquest of Sofia
Siege and conquest of Niš and Pirot (Battle of Pločnik)
Siege and conquest of Thessaloniki and Macedonia (Greece)1381
1385
1386
1387The biggest remaining rival in Anatolia was found in the Karamanids. To avenge the Ottomans from a previous raid the two regional powers landed in a war leading to a loss of Karaman authonomity.1387MuradVassalization of the Karamanid emirate; Ottomans being the most dominant regional power.Conquest of southern Bosnia and Herzegovina (Battle of Bileća) Conquest of most of the southern Balkans (Battle of Kosovo) including northern Bulgaria and Wallachia1388 1389Landings at Chios, Euboea, Attica, Morea1390–1391Conquest of northern Albania and southern Montenegro1392Landings at Morea1394Ottoman blockade of Constantinople (1394–1402) begins Conquest of Wallachia (Battle of Rovine)1394 1395Reconquest of northern Bulgaria (Battle of Nicopolis) Conquest of Albania1396Conquest of several coastal settlements on the Aegean Sea coasts of Greece and of several Anatolian beyliks on the Black Sea coasts of Anatolia1397Landings at Thessaly, Morea, Albania and Epirus
Civil war and recovery (1402–1451)
Event Date Result Conquest against Mongols (Battle of Ankara) 1402 Second Ottoman siege of Constantinople 1411 First conquest of Kurvingrad Conquest of several islands in the Aegean Sea 1413 1415–1416 Conquest of the strategic port of Samsun in the Black Sea 1417 Third Ottoman siege of Constantinople 1422 Reconquest of Albania, conquests of several coastal settlements in Morea 1423 Ottoman-Venetian War 1423–1430 Conquest of the strategic port of Sinop (Sinope) in the Black Sea 1424 Conquest of Smyrna from the Anatolian Beylik of that city 1426 Reconquest of Thessalonica 1422–1430 Conquest of IoanninaNikos D. Karabelas, 2015, The Ottoman conquest of Preveza and its first castle, p. 974. 1430 First siege of Belgrade First siege and conquest of Novo Brdo (Novo Brdo Fortress) Attempted reconquest of Albania (see Siege of Krujë (1450)) 1440 1441-1444 1448–1450 Conquest of Arta, in EpirusNikos D. Karabelas, 2015, The Ottoman conquest of Preveza and its first castle, p. 974. Second conquest of Kurvingrad 1449 1451
Growth (1453–1550)
Event Date ResultConquest of Constantinople (İstanbul), Imbros (currently Gökçeada), Lemnos and Thasos1453 Landings at the Dodecanese Islands Second Conquest of Novo Brdo (Novo Brdo Fortress)
Second siege of Belgrade (Siege of Belgrade (1456)) 1454 1455
1456 Conquest of Despotate of the Morea, Serbian Despotate and the Duchy of Athens 1458 1459 1460 Conquest of the Empire of Trebizond and the Genoese colony of Amasra 1461 Conquest of the Genoese islands in the northern Aegean Sea, including Lesbos 1462 Conquest of Kingdom of Bosnia and the castle of Riniassa and its dependent region of PrevezaNikos D. Karabelas, 2015, The Ottoman conquest of Preveza and its first castle, pp. 972-975. 1463 Ottoman-Venetian War 1463–1479 Conquest of castles and forts in Albania and failed sieges of Krujë (see Siege of Krujë (1466) and Siege of Krujë (1467)) 1466 Siege of Negroponte (1470) 1470 Siege of Shkodër 1474 Conquest of Crimea 1475 Conquest of Venetian forts in Albania and second siege of Shkodra 1477 1478 Landings at Lepanto in Greece and Veneto in Italy 1477 1478 Conquest of Vonitsa, Lefkas, Cephalonia, and ZanteNikos D. Karabelas, 2015, The Ottoman conquest of Preveza and its first castle, p. 975. 1463 First siege and capture of Otranto 1480 First siege of Rhodes Conquest of Herzegovina 1480 1481 1482Ottoman conquest of Kilia (Kiliya) and Akkerman(Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi)1484 Landings at the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Pisa 1487 1490 Landings at Elche, Almeria, Málaga 1490 1495 Landings at the Gulf of Taranto 1496 Conquest of Montenegro (Zeta under the Crnojevići) 1496 1499 Ottoman-Venetian Wars 1499 1503 Battle of Zonchio 1499 Landings at Corfu 1500 Capture of the Isle of Pianosa 1501 Capture of several towns in Sardinia 1501 Landings at Piombino 1501 Landings at the Balearic Islands and Andalusia 1501 Reconquest of Morea 1503 Landings at Rhodes, Calabria, Sicily and Andalusia 1505 Landings at Sicily 1506 Landings at Liguria 1508 1509 Landings at Capo Passero in Sicily 1510 Landings at Bougie, Oran and Algiers 1510 Landings at Reggio Calabria 1511 Conquest of Moldavia 1512 Landings at Andalusia and Minorca 1512 Landings at Alicante, Malaga, Cherchell 1513 1514 Capture of Jijel in Algeria and Mahdiya in Tunisia 1514 Bombardment of Bougie, landings at Ceuta, Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Sicily 1514 Conquest of Syria 1516 Conquest of Algeria from Spain 1516 1517 Landings at Elba and Liguria 1516 Conquest of Palestine 1516 Conquest of Egypt and the end of the Mameluke Empire 1517 Landings at Provence, Toulon and the Îles d'Hyères in France 1519 Third siege and conquest of Belgrade (Siege of Belgrade (1521)) Landings at the Balearic Islands 1521 Siege of Knin 1522 Conquest of Rhodes from the Knights of St. John, who relocate their base first to Sicily and later to Malta 1522 Landings at Sardinia 1525 Capture of Capo Passero in Sicily 1526 Landings at Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Castignano, Capo Spartivento, Messina, Tuscany, Campania 1526 Conquest of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia and Bosnia 1527 Landings at Italian and Spanish coastal towns 1527 Ottoman-Spanish War near the Isle of Formentera 1529 Capture of the Isle of Peñón 1529 Landings at Andalusia 1529 Capture of the Isle of Cabrera 1530 Landings at Sicily, the Balearic Islands, Marseilles, Provence, Liguria, Sardinia, Piombino 1530 Landings at the Isle of Favignana, Calabria, Puglia, Tripoli, Spain 1531 Landings at Sardinia, Bonifacio, Montecristo, Elba, Lampedusa, Messina, Calabria 1532 First conquest of Tunisia from Spain, reconquest of Morea 1534 Capture of San Lucido, Cetraro, Capri, Procida, Tunis 1534 Landings at Reggio Calabria, Gaeta, Villa Santa Lucia, Sant'Isidoro, Sperlonga, Fondi, Terracina, Ostia, Ponza, Sicily, Sardinia, bombardment of the ports at the Gulf of Naples 1534 Recapture of Capri 1535 Landings at Spain, the Balearic Islands, Tlemcen 1535 Siege of Klis 1537 Conquest of the Duchy of Naxos, Syros, Aegina, Ios, Paros, Tinos, Karpathos, Kasos 1537 Second siege and capture of Otranto, Castro, Ugento 1537 Landings at Calabria and Corfu 1537 Battle of Preveza 1538 Conquest of Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi) in Dalmatia 1538 Conquest of Aden and Yemen from the Portuguese, Jeddah and Hijaz in Arabia 1538 1539 Capture of Diu in India 1538 Capture of the Gulf of Preveza, Isle of Lefkada, eastern Adriatic and Aegean islands belonging to the Republic of Venice, Candia in Crete 1538 Ottoman-Portuguese Wars in the Indian Ocean 1538 1566 Landings at Crete in Greece and Gujarat in India 1538 Conquest of Risan, Skiathos, Skyros, Andros and Serifos 1539 Reconquest of Castelnuovo 1539 Landings at Cattaro and Pesaro, Corfu, Crete 1539 Capture of Gozo, Pantelleria, Capraia, conquest of Serbia 1540 Landings at Sicily, Corsica, Spain 1540 Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet in Algiers 1541 Capture of Esztergom, Hungary 1543 Capture of Reggio Calabria, Messina, Nice, Antibes, Île Sainte-Marguerite, Monaco, San Remo, La Turbie 1543 Landings at Campania, Lazio, venturing into the Tiber River near Rome 1543 Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet in the Tyrrhenian Sea, assault on the Kingdom of Naples 1544 Capture of Bonifacio in Corsica, Castiglione della Pescaia, Talamone, Orbetello, Grosseto, Montiano, Porto Ercole, Isle of Giglio, Ischia, Forio, and the Isle of Procida 1544 Landings at San Remo, Borghetto Santo Spirito, Ceriale, Vado Ligure, Piombino, Civitavecchia, Sardinia, Gozo, Pozzuoli, Capo Palinuro, Catona, Fiumara, Calanna, Cariati, Lipari 1544 Capture of Capraia, Monterosso, Corniglia, Rapallo, Pegli, Levanto 1545 Landings at Spain, the Balearic Islands, Sicily, Liguria, Menarola, Riomaggiore, La Spezia 1545 Capture of Mahdiya, Sfax, Sousse, Al Munastir in Tunisia; Laigueglia and Andora in Liguria; Gozo in Malta 1546 Landings at Liguria, San Lorenzo al Mare 1546 Reconquest of Yemen from the Portuguese 1547 1548 Recapture of Gozo in Malta 1547 Landings at both islands of Malta, Sicily, Aeolian Islands, Salina Island, Puglia, Salve, Calabria, Corsica 1547 Capture of Castellamare di Stabia, Pozzuoli and Procida at the Gulf of Naples 1548 Landings at Rapallo, San Fruttuoso, Portofino, San Remo, Corsica, Calabria 1549 Recapture of Mahdiya, Sousse, Al Munastir in Tunisia, Rapallo in Liguria 1550 Landings at Sardinia, Spain, Corsica, Gozo, Liguria, Mahdiya, Tunis, Djerba 1550
Transformation (1550-1700)