Suleiman the Magnificent died on 6 September 1566 in Szigetvár, aged 71. 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 1565 to 1898Spanish–Moro conflict
- 11 March 1565Founding of Rio de Janeiro
- 19 June 1566Birth of James VI and I
- from 6 August 1566 to 8 September 1566Siege of Szigetvár
- 6 September 1566Death of Suleiman the Magnificent
- 1567Construction of Stari Most
- 15 May 1567Birth of Claudio Monteverdi
- 25 July 1567Founding of Caracas
- 1568The Blind Leading the Blind
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