Event | Date | Result |
Conquest of the island of Kalolimnos and the beginning of Ottoman presence in the Sea of Marmara | 1308 | |
Conquest of Mudanya by the Ottoman Emirate and the first Ottoman landings in Thrace, southeastern Europe | 1321 | |
Conquest of the strategic port city and gulf of Gemlik on the Marmara Sea by the Ottoman Emirate | 1333 | |
Naval victories of Umur Bey against the Byzantine and Genoese fleets off the Aegean coasts of Anatolia, Rhodes, the Dardanelles Strait, Macedonia and Morea | 1334–1348 | |
Conquest of Üsküdar and Kadıköy on the Anatolian side of İstanbul, the Marmara Island, Thrace and Gallipoli | 1352 | |
First Ottoman landings in Attica, Morea and the Adriatic Sea | 1372 | |
First conquests and acquisitions in Macedonia | 1373 | |
Conquest of Thessaloniki and Macedonia | 1387 | |
Conquest of most of the Balkans including northern Bulgaria and southern Romania | 1389 | |
First Ottoman siege of Constantinople | 1390 | |
Landings at Chios, Euboea, Attica, Morea | 1390–1391 | |
Conquest of northern Albania and southern Montenegro | 1392 | |
Landings at Morea | 1394 | |
Second Ottoman siege of Constantinople | 1395 | |
Conquest of Albania | 1396 | |
Conquest of several coastal settlements on the Aegean Sea coasts of Greece and of several Anatolian beyliks on the Black Sea coasts of Anatolia | 1397 | |
Third Ottoman siege of Constantinople | 1397 | |
Landings at Thessaly, Morea, Albania and Epirus | 1397–1399 | |
Fourth Ottoman siege of Constantinople | 1400 | |
Conquest of several islands in the Aegean Sea | 1415–1416 | |
Conquest of the strategic port of Samsun in the Black Sea | 1417 | |
Fifth 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 in the Black Sea | 1424 | |
Conquest of İzmir from the Anatolian Beylik of that city | 1426 | |
Reconquest of Thessaloniki | 1430 | |
Conquest of Jannina | 1430 | |
Capture of Morea | 1446 | |
Attempted reconquest of Albania | 1448–1450 | |
Conquest of Arta, in Epirus | 1449 | |
Conquest of Constantinople, Imbros, Lemnos and Thasos | 1453 | |
Event | Date | Result |
Landings at the Dodecanese Islands | 1454 | |
Conquest of Morea and the Duchy of Athens | 1458 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 the castle of Riniassa and its dependent region of Preveza | 1463 | |
Ottoman-Venetian War | 1463–1479 | |
Conquest of castles and forts in Albania and failed sieges of Krujë and Siege of Krujë | 1466 | |
Siege of Negroponte | 1470 | |
| 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 Zante | 1463 | |
First siege and capture of Otranto | 1480 | |
First siege of Rhodes | 1480 1481 | |
Ottoman conquest of Kilia and Akkerman | 1484 | |
Landings at the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Pisa | 1487 1490 | |
Landings at Elche, Almeria, Malaga | 1490 1495 | |
Landings at the Gulf of Taranto | 1496 | |
Conquest of Montenegro | 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 Egypt and the end of the Mameluke Empire | 1517 | |
Landings at Capo Limiti, Capo Rizzuto, Calabria | 1517 | |
Landings at Provence, Toulon and the Îles d'Hyères in France | 1519 | |
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 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 | |
Event | Date | Result |
Raid on Gozo, capture of Taggia and Riva Brigoso in Liguria | 1551 | |
Siege of Tripoli | 1551 | |
Landings at the Adriatic ports, Sicily | 1551 | |
Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet near Ponza | 1552 | |
Conquest of Oman, Hormuz and Qatar from the Portuguese | 1552 | |
Capture of Pantelleria, Ponza, Massa Lubrense, Sorrento, Pozzuoli, Minturno, Nola | 1552 | |
Landings at Augusta and Licata in Sicily, Taormina, Gulf of Policastro, Palmi, Gulf of Naples, Sardinia, Corsica, Lazio | 1552 | |
Conquest of Morocco | 1553 | |
Capture of Crotone and Castello in Calabria; Marciana Marina, Rio and Capoliveri in Elba. Invasion of Corsica. Recapture of Pianosa and Capri. | 1553 | |
Landings at Sicily, Tavolara, Sardinia, Porto Ercole, Piombino, Portoferraio | 1553 | |
Capture of Vieste near Foggia; Elba and Corsica | 1554 | |
Landings at Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Orbetello and Tuscany | 1554 | |
Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet near Piombino | 1555 | |
Capture of Paola and Santo Noceto in Calabria, Papulonia in Elba; Bastia in Corsica; Ospedaletti in Liguria | 1555 | |
Landings at Capo Vaticano, Ceramica, San Lucido in Calabria; Piombino in Elba; Calvi in Corsica; Sardinia; San Remo and Liguria | 1555 | |
Capture of Bergeggi and San Lorenzo in Liguria; Gafsa in Tunisia | 1556 | |
Landings at Lampedusa | 1556 | |
Capture of Cariati in Calabria | 1557 | |
Landings at the Gulf of Taranto and Puglia | 1557 | |
Capture of Gharyan, Misratah, Tagiora, Djerba, Reggio Calabria, Aeolian Islands, Massa Lubrense, Cantone, Sorrento, Minorca | 1558 | |
Landings at the Strait of Messina, Amalfi, Gulf of Salerno, Torre del Greco, Tuscany, Piombino, Spain | 1558 | |
Battle of Djerba | 1560 | |
Landings at Stromboli, Gozo, Gulf of Naples | 1561 | |
Siege of Oran | 1562 | |
Capture of Granada in Spain; Naples in Italy and the fortresses around the city, Chiaia | 1563 | |
Landings at Malaga, another siege on Spanish-controlled Oran and Mers-el-Kebir; landings at Liguria, Sardinia, Oristano, Marcellino, Ercolento, Puglia, Abruzzo, San Giovanni near Messina, Capo Passero in Sicily, Gozo in Malta | 1563 | |
Ottoman expedition to Aceh | 1565 | |
Siege of Malta, Devon, Hartland Point, Cornwall and the other counties of western England in August | 1625 | |
Capture of the Isle of Lundy in the Bristol Channel. Lundy becomes the main base of the Ottoman marine operations in the Atlantic Ocean for the next 5 years | 1627 | |
Capture of Vestmannaeyjar near Iceland | 1627 | |
Landings in the Northern Atlantic including the British Isles, Shetland Islands, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Labrador, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland and Virginia | 1627 1660 | |
Landings at Denmark, Norway and Iceland | 1627 | |
Capture of Baltimore, County Cork, in Ireland | 1631 | |
Landings at England, Ireland, Denmark and Iceland | 1631 | |
Reconquest of Azov from the Russians | 1642 | |
Start of the Cretan War: Conquest of Chania in Crete | 1645 | |
Conquest of Chisamo and Souda in Crete | 1646 | |
Siege of Candia in Crete begins | 1648 | |
Landings at England, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark | 1655 1660 | |
Final stage of the Siege of Candia, ends with capture of city. End of the Cretan war. | 1666–1669 | |
Sieges of Chyhyryn in Ukraine | 1677-1678 | |
Conquest of the castles controlling the Black Sea entrance of the Dnieper River | 1679 | |
Reconquest of Chios during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War | 1695 | |