Osman I was born on 23 August 1258 in Söğüt. The founder of the Ottoman dynasty and the eponym of the Ottoman Empire, Osman led a small Turkoman principality in northwestern Anatolia on the border with the Byzantine Empire. Little is certain about his life, since the earliest chronicles were written generations later, and his story is surrounded by legend, including his dream of a great tree growing from his body. He is credited with expanding his territory at the expense of Byzantium, notably around Bursa and Nicaea, which his son Orhan captured. The dynasty he founded ruled until 1922.
Before and after
- from 1253 to 1276Mongol campaign against the Nizaris
- 15 September 1254Birth of Marco Polo
- from 1256 to 1335Ilkhanate
- 1257Construction of Sorbonne
- 23 August 1258Birth of Osman I
- c. 1260sPublication of Poetic Edda
- from 18 January 1260 to 24 January 1260Siege of Aleppo
- from 1263 to 1478Grand Principality of Moscow
- from April 1264 to September 1266Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266
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The era
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