Historical place archive

Constantinople in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Constantinople in Turkey. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records7 event labels8 people1689–1914

Historical events in Constantinople

1689

1689
Great Turkish War
Suleiman Osmanli · Great Turkish War

Faces Habsburg advances during the Great Turkish War

25 October 1689
Grand Vizier
Koprulu Mustafa · Great Turkish War

Appointed grand vizier during the Great Turkish War

1830

9 February 1830
Birth of Abdulaziz
Abdulaziz · House of Osmanli

Abdulaziz is born in Constantinople and later rules the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1876.

1888

29 October 1888
Convention of Constantinople
Abdul Hamid II · Government of Ottoman Empire

Accepts the Convention of Constantinople governing international use of the Suez Canal.

1913

23 January 1913
Young Turk Coup
Enver Pasha · Balkan Wars, 1st

Helps overthrow the Ottoman government and renew the war.

29 September 1913
Treaty of Constantinople
Enver Bey · Balkan Wars, 2nd

Confirms Ottoman recovery of Adrianople from Bulgaria.

29 September 1913
Treaty of Constantinople
Mehmed V · Balkan Wars, 2nd

Regains Adrianople and eastern Thrace under the Ottoman-Bulgarian settlement.

1914

December 1914
Dardanelles Defence Reinforcement Ordered
Ismail Enver Pasha · World War, 1st

Enver orders reinforcement of the Dardanelles as the threat of an Allied attack increases.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Turkey and Constantinople. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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