Suleiman the Magnificent was born on 6 November 1494 in Trabzon. The longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ruled at the height of its power. He captured Belgrade in 1521 and Rhodes in 1522, defeated the Hungarians at Mohács in 1526 and besieged Vienna unsuccessfully in 1529. His fleets under Barbarossa made the Ottomans a leading naval power in the Mediterranean, and his armies took Baghdad and much of Iraq from the Safavids. In the Ottoman world he is known as the Lawgiver (Kanuni) for his reform of the legal system, and he was a patron of art, poetry and architecture, notably through the architect Sinan. He ordered the execution of his son Mustafa, and he died during the siege of Szigetvár in Hungary.
Before and after
- from 1494 to 1559Italian Wars
- 14 April 1494Construction of Frauenkirche
- 7 June 1494Treaty of Tordesillas
- 12 September 1494Birth of Francis I of France
- 6 November 1494Birth of Suleiman the Magnificent
- 1495Construction of Tomb of Askia
- 1496Introduction of złoty
- 1497Introduction of Spanish dollar
- 24 June 1497John Cabot reaches North America
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