Mehmed II Timeline

Mehmed II is born.

Mehmed II is appointed governor of Amasya.

Mehmed II inherits the throne after Sultan Murad II abdicates.

Murad II resumes defeats Crusader forces at the Battle of Varna.

Mehmed II rules as the Sultan.

Mehmed II succeeds Murad as sultan following his death.

Construction of fortress Rumelihisari is complete.

Siege of Constantinople begins.

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II sacks Constantinople.

Ottoman campaigns in Serbia.

Ottoman forces besiege Trebizond.

Mehmed II is dealt his first major defeat at the Siege of Belgrade.

Ottoman forces under Sultan Mehmed II capture Trebizond, ending the Empire of Trebizond.

David Megas Komnenos, the last Emperor of Trebizond, is deposed by the Ottomans.

The Ottomans fight a long war against the Venetians over their possessions in the Aegean.

The Mosque of the Conqueror is constructed in Constantinople.

Mehmed II oversees construction of Topkapi Palace, the new seat of his empire.

Mehmed II falls ill during a military expedition and subsequently dies, leading to the succession of his eldest son Bayezid II to the throne.