List of Ottoman Conquers, Invasions and Landings

Conquer of the island of Kalolimnos (now İmralı Island) and the commencement of Ottoman existence in the Sea of Marmara

1308

Downfall of Mudanya by the Ottoman State and the first Ottoman landings in Thrace (southeastern Europe)

1321

Conquer of the tactical port city and gulf of Gemlik on the Marmara Sea by the Ottoman State

1333

Naval Conquers of Umur Bey counter to the Byzantine and Genoese fleets off the Aegean shores of Anatolia, the Dardanelles Strait, Rhodes, Macedonia and Morea

1334-1348

Conquer of Üsküdar and Kadıköy on the Anatolian side of İstanbul, the Marmara Island, Thrace and Gallipoli

1352

First Ottoman landings in Morea, Attica and the Adriatic Sea

1372

First Conquers and attainments in Macedonia

1373

Conquer of Thessaloniki and Macedonia

1387

Conquer of most of the Balkans, with northern Bulgaria and Wallachia

1389

Landings at Chios, Attica, Euboea, Morea

1390-1391

Conquer of northern Albania and southern Montenegro

1392

Landings at Morea

1394

Ottoman blockade of Constantinople (1394–1402) begins

1394

Conquer of Albania

1396

Conquer of several coastal settlements on the Aegean Sea coasts of Greece and several Anatolian beyliks on the Black Sea coasts of Anatolia

1397

Landings at Thessaly, Morea, Albania and Epirus

1397-1399

Second Ottoman Invasion of Constantinople

1411

Conquer of several islands in the Aegean Sea

1415-1416

Conquer of the strategic port of Samsun in the Black Sea

1417

Third Ottoman Invasion of Constantinople

1422

ReConquer of Albania, Conquers of several coastal settlements in Morea

1423

Ottoman-Venetian War

1423-1430

Conquer of the strategic port of Sinop (Sinope) in the Black Sea

1424

Conquer of Smyrna from the Anatolian Beylik of that city

1426

ReConquer of Thessalonica

1422-1430

Conquer of Ioannina

1430

Tried reConquer of Albania (see Invasion of Krujë (1450))

1448-1450

Conquer of Arta, in Epirus

1449

Overthrow of Constantinople (İstanbul), Imbros (now Gökçeada), Lemnos and Thasos

1453

Landings at the Dodecanese Landmasses

1454

Conquer of Morea and the Duchy of Athens

1458-1460

Conquer of the Kingdom of Trebizond and the Genoese colony of Amasra

1461

Conquer of the Genoese islands in the northern Aegean Sea, with Lesbos

1462

Conquer of the castle of Riniassa and its reliant region of Preveza

1463

Ottoman and Venetian Combat

1463-1479

Overthrow of castles and forts in Albania and failed Invasions of Krujë (see Invasion of Krujë and Invasion of Krujë

1466

Invasion of Negroponte (1470)

1470

Invasion of Shkodër

1474

Conquer of Crimea

1475

Conquer of Venetian castles in Albania and second Attack of Shkodra

1477-1478

Landings at Veneto in Italy and Lepanto in Greece

1477-1478

Conquer of Vonitsa, Lefkas, Cephalonia, and Zante

1463

First Invasion and capture of Otranto

1480

First Invasion of Rhodes

1480-1481

Ottoman Conquer of Kilia and Akkerman

1484

Landings at the Corsica, Balearic Islands and Pisa

1487-1490

Landings at Elche, Almeria, Málaga

1490-1495

Landings at the Gulf of Taranto

1496

Conquer of Montenegro

1499

Ottoman-Venetian Wars

1499-1503

Battle of Zonchio

1499

Landings at Corfu

1500

The capture of the Isle of Pianosa

1501

The capture of several towns in Sardinia

1501

Landings at Piombino

1501

Landings at the Balearic Islands and Andalusia

1501

ReConquer 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

Conquer of Moldavia

1512

Landings at Andalusia and Minorca

1512

Landings at Alicante, Malaga, Cherchell

1513-1514

The imprisonment of Mahdiya in Tunisia and Jijel in Algeria

1514

Attack of Bougie, landings at Ceuta, Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Sicily

1514

Conquer of Syria

1516

Conquer of Algeria from Spain

1516-1517

Landings at Liguria and Elba

1516

Conquer 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

Invasion of Knin

1522

Conquer of Rhodes from the Knights of St. John, who relocate their base first to Sicily and later to Malta

1522

Landings at Sardinia

1525

The imprisonment of Capo Passero in Sicily

1526

Landings at Crotone, Castignano, Tuscany, Reggio Calabria, Capo Spartivento, Messina, Campania

1526

Conquer of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia and Bosnia

1527

Landings at Italian and Spanish coastal towns

1527

Ottoman-Spanish War near the Isle of Formentera

1529

The capture of the Isle of Peñón

1529

Landings at Andalusia

1529

The imprisonment of the Isle of Cabrera

1530

Landings at Sicily, Marseilles, the Balearic Islands, Liguria, Provence, Sardinia, Piombino

1530

Landings at the Isle of Favignana, Tripoli, Puglia, Calabria, Spain

1531

Landings at Sardinia, Montecristo, Bonifacio, Elba, Lampedusa, Messina, Calabria

1532

The first Conquer of Tunisia from Spain, the reConquer of Morea

1534

Imprisonment of San Lucido, Procida, Cetraro, Capri, Tunis

1534

Landings at Reggio Calabria, Villa Santa Lucia, Gaeta, Sant'Isidoro, Sperlonga, Ostia, Fondi, Terracina, Ponza, Sicily, Sardinia, the bombardment of the ports at the Gulf of Naples

1534

Recapture of Capri

1535

Landings in the Balearic Islands, Spain, Tlemcen

1535

Attack of Klis

1537

Conquer of the Duchy of Naxos, Syros, Aegina, Ios, Paros, Tinos, Karpathos, Kasos

1537

Second Invasion and capture of Otranto, Castro, Ugento

1537

Landings at Calabria and Corfu

1537

Battle of Preveza

1538

Conquer of Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi) in Dalmatia

1538

Conquer of Aden and Yemen from the Portuguese, Jeddah and Hijaz in Arabia

1538-1539

The capture of Diu in India

1538

The 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 Gujarat in India and in Greece

1538

Conquer of Risan, Skiathos, Skyros, Andros and Serifos

1539

ReConquer of Castelnuovo

1539

Landings at Cattaro and Pesaro, Corfu, Crete

1539

Capture of Gozo, Pantelleria, Capraia, Conquer of Serbia

1540

Landings at Sicily, Corsica, Spain

1540

The Conquer of the Spanish-Italian fleet in Algiers

1541

The capture of Esztergom, Hungary

1543

The imprisonment of Reggio Calabria, Nice, Messina, Antibes, Île Sainte-Marguerite, Monaco, San Remo, La Turbie

1543

Landings at Campania, Lazio, venturing into the Tiber River near Rome

1543

The Conquer of the Spanish-Italian convoy in the Tyrrhenian Sea, attack on the Territory of Naples

1544

Imprisonment of Bonifacio in Castiglione della Pescaia, Corsica, Talamone, Orbetello, Ischia, Grosseto, Porto Ercole, Forio, Montiano, Isle of Giglio and the Isle of Procida

1544

Landings at San Remo, Ceriale, Vado Ligure, Borghetto Santo Spirito, Piombino, Gozo, Civitavecchia, Sardinia, Cariati, Calanna, Pozzuoli, Capo Palinuro, Catona, Fiumara, Lipari

1544

Imprisonment of Capraia, Rapallo, Pegli, Monterosso, Corniglia, Levanto

1545

Landings at Spain, Sicily, Riomaggiore, Liguria, Menarola, the Balearic Islands, La Spezia

1545

Imprisonment of Mahdiya, Sousse, Sfax, Al Munastir in Tunisia; Laigueglia and Andora in Liguria; Gozo in Malta

1546

Landings at Liguria, San Lorenzo al Mare

1546

Reconquer of Yemen from the Portuguese

1547-1548

Recapture of Gozo

1547

Landings at both islands of Malta, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Salina Island, Puglia, Salve, Calabria, Corsica

1547

The imprisonment of Pozzuoli Castellamare di Stabia and Procida at the Gulf of Naples

1548

Landings at San Fruttuoso, Corsica, San Remo, Rapallo, Portofino, Calabria

1549

Recapture of Al Munastir in Tunisia, Mahdiya, Sousse, Rapallo in Liguria

1550

Landings at Sardinia, Corsica, Spain, Gozo, Liguria, Mahdiya, Tunis, Djerba

1550

Attack on Gozo; imprisonment of Taggia and Riva Brigoso in Liguria

1551

Invasion of Tripoli

1551

Landings at the Adriatic ports, Sicily

1551

The Overcome of the Spanish-Italian navy near Ponza

1552

Conquer of Hormuz and Qatar from the Portuguese Oman

1552

Imprisonment of Massa Lubrense, Sorrento, Minturno, Pozzuoli, Pantelleria, Ponza, Nola

1552

Landings at Augusta and Licata, Palmi, Gulf of Naples, Gulf of Policastro, Taormina, Sardinia, Corsica, Lazio

1552

Imprisonment of Crotone and Castello in Calabria; Marciana Marina, Rio

Capoliveri in Elba.

Attack of Corsica (Imprisonment of Bastia, Bonifacio and Calvi)

Recapture of Capri and Pianosa

1553

Landings at Tavolara, Sardinia Sicily, Piombino, Porto Ercole, Portoferraio

1553

Imprisonment of Vieste near Foggia, Elba and Corsica

1554

Landings at Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Orbetello and Tuscany

1554

The Overcome of the Spanish-Italian fleet near Piombino

1555

Imprisonment of Papulonia in Elba; Paola and Santo Noceto in Calabria, 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

The capture of Bergeggi and San Lorenzo in Liguria; Gafsa in Tunisia

1556

Landings at Lampedusa

1556

The imprisonment of Cariati in Calabria

1557

Landings at the Bay of Taranto and Puglia

1557

Capture of Gharyan, Tagiora, Misratah, Djerba, Sorrento, Aeolian Islands, Reggio Calabria, Massa Lubrense, Cantone, Minorca

1558

Landings at the Strait of Amalfi, Messina, Torre del Greco, Gulf of Salerno, Tuscany, Piombino, Spain

1558

Battle of Djerba

1560

Landings at Stromboli, Gozo, Gulf of Naples

1561

Invasion of Oran

1562

The imprisonment of Granada in Spain; Naples in Italy, and the forts around the city, Chiaia

1563

Landings at Malaga, another Invasion on Spanish-controlled Oran and Mers-el-Kebir; San Giovanni near Messina, Puglia, landings at Liguria, Sardinia, Oristano, Marcellino, Ercolento, Abruzzo, Capo Passero in Sicily, Gozo in Malta

1563

Ottoman expedition to Aceh

1565

Invasion of Malta

1565

Attack of Szigetvár

1566

Conquer of Chios and the end of Genoese incidence in the Aegean

1566

Landings at Puglia

1566

First Ottoman marine militaries are posted on Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia

1569

Landings at Sumatra in Indonesia

1569

Combat of Gozo

1570

Conquer of Invasions of Nicosia, Cyprus from the Republic of Venice and Famagusta

1570-1571

ReConquer of Dalmatia from the Republic of Venice

1571

Landings at Corfu

1571

Battle of Lepanto

1571

Landings at Puglia and Corfu

1573

ReConquer of Tunisia from Spain

1574

Landings at Morocco

1574

Landings at Calabria

1576

The Conquer of the Portuguese fleet off the coast of Morocco

1578

ReConquer of Crimea and parts of Ukraine

1584

The capture of Lanzarote of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

1585

Recapture of Esztergom, Hungary

1605

The Overcome of the French-Maltese fleet in the Levant

1609

Landings at Malta and southern Morea

1614

Landings at the shoreline between Cadiz and Lisbon

1616

Landings at Puglia and Corfu

1573

ReConquer of Tunisia from Spain

1574

Landings at Morocco

1574

Landings at Calabria

1576

The Conquer of the Portuguese fleet off the coast of Morocco

1578

ReConquer of Crimea and parts of Ukraine

1584

The capture of Lanzarote of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

1585

Recapture of Esztergom, Hungary

1605

The Conquer of the French-Maltese navy in the Levant

1609

Landings at southern Morea and Malta

1614

Landings at the shoreline between Cadiz and Lisbon

1616

Landings at Puglia and Corfu

1573

ReConquer of Tunisia from Spain

1574

Landings at Morocco

1574

Landings at Calabria

1576

The Conquer of the Portuguese fleet off the coast of Morocco

1578

ReConquer of Crimea and parts of Ukraine

1584

The capture of Lanzarote of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

1585

Recapture of Esztergom, Hungary

1605

The Conquer of the French-Maltese navy in the Levant

1609

Landings at Malta and southern Morea

1614

Landings at the shoreline amid Cadiz and Lisbon

1616

The imprisonment of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean

1617

Landings at Sussex

1625

The imprisonment 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

The imprisonment 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

The imprisonment of County Cork, Baltimore, in Ireland

1631

Landings at Denmark, England, Ireland and Iceland

1631

ReConquer of Azov from the Russians

1642

Start of the Cretan War: Conquer of Chania in Crete

1645

Conquer of Chisamo and Souda in Crete

1646

Invasion of Candia (Heraklion) in Crete begins

1648

Landings at England, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark

1655-1660

The final phase of the Attack of Candia ends with the capture of the city. End of the Cretan war.

1666-1669

Invasions of Chyhyryn in Ukraine

1677-1678

Conquer of the castles controlling the Black Sea entrance of the Dnieper River

1679

ReConquer of Chios during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War (1684–1699)

1695

Recapture of Preveza

1701

Ottoman attack of western Georgia

1703

Conquer of Oran, the final Spanish stronghold in Algeria

1708

ReConquer of Moldavia and Azov from the Russians

1711

Start of the Eighth Ottoman-Venetian War with the reConquer of Morea

1715

Conquer of Souda in Crete and the island of Tinos in the Cyclades

1715

Unsuccessful Invasion of Corfu

1716

Turkish-Russian War

1738

Landings at the entrance of the Dniester River and northern Crimea

1769

ReConquer of Morea and Lemnos after the Orlov Revolt

1770

Battle of Chios followed by Battle of Chesme

1770

Failed landing at Kerch against Russian navy

1774

Failed landing at Kinburn against the Russian military

1787

Conquer by Russian navy near Yılan Island and naval skirmishes about Ochakov

1788

Combats with Russian fleet at Tendra and Kerch

1791

Combat with Russian fleet off Cape Kaliakra

1791

The capture of Corfu from the French by a joint Russian-Ottoman fleet

1799

ReConquer of Egypt

1801

Defence of Dardanelles counter to British and Russians

1807

Combat of Athos

1807

Reconquer of Mecca, Medina and Hijaz in Arabia

1812-1813

Greek Rebellion begins

1821

Recapture of Chios from the Greek rebels and massacre of the population

1822

First Invasion of Missolonghi

1822

Recapture of the island of Psara from the Greek rebels and massacre of its population

1824

Third Invasion of Missolonghi

1825-1826

Battle of Navarino

1827

Battle of Sinope

1854

The Conquer of the Russian forces in the Crimean War, led by France, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sardinia

1854-1856

Reconquer of the islands supervisory the Black Sea arrival of the Danube River

1857

Reconquer of Shkodër and Montenegro

1862

Combat of Gallipoli

1915-1916

Ottoman Conquer and saving of the capital Constantinople from attack

Turkish Combat of Freedom

19191-1923

• Turkish Nationalist victory
• the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate (1922)
• the foundation of the Republic of Turkey