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Turkey in 1808

Historical records for Turkey in 1808, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records

5Events

2Named people

1Places

2Categories

Historical records

Other Events

1808Death of Selim IIISelim III

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Death of Selim III, suicide

1808Reballion of Rebels in IstanbulSelim III

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Marches on Constantinople & executes the Janissaries who have murdered Selim III

1808RestorationSelim III

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Janissaries demand Mustafas restoration, Bairakadr strangles him & kills himself

1808SuccessionMahmud II

House / House of Osmanli

Succeeds as Sultan of Turkey

1808SuccessionSelim III

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Temporally crushes the rebellion of the Janissaries & proclaims his brother Mahmud II

1808SuicideSelim III

Istanbul · Government / Government of Turkey

Death of Selim III, suicide

Names involved

Mahmud IISelim III

Places involved

Istanbul

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.