19th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1807 | May | Kabakçı Mustafa rebellion: Reformist sultan Selim III dethroned. |
| 1808 | 21 July | Alemdar Mustafa Pasha suppresses the rebellion. But Selim III is dead and Mahmut II becomes the new sultan. |
| 1813 | 23 April | Second Serbian Uprising: The Serbs revolt. |
| 1821 | Greek War of Independence: The Greek War of Independence begins. | |
| 1830 | Algeria is gradually ceded to French rule. | |
| 1832 | 21 July | Greek War of Independence: Greek sovereignty is formalized. |
| 1831 | Egyptian–Ottoman War. (to 1833) | |
| 1853 | 4 October | Crimean War: The Crimean War with Russia began which, though won with British, French and Sardinian aid, would further demonstrate how backward the Ottoman military had become. |
| 1860 | 21 October | First newspaper in Turkish published by Agah Efendi.(Tercümen'ı Ahval). |
| 1862 | 5 February | A united Romanian autonomous state is established. |
| 1876 | 23 December | Opened the 1876–1877 Constantinople Conference. |
| 1877 | 24 April | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878): Another war with Russia begins. |
| 1878 | 3 March | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878): The Treaty of San Stefano recognizes Romanian and Serbian independence, as well as the establishment of an autonomous Bulgarian principality under nominal Ottoman protection. Austria-Hungary occupies Bosnia by default. |
| 4 June | Cyprus is occupied by Britain. | |
| 1881 | Tunisia becomes a French colony. | |
| 1882 | Egypt goes under British protection. | |
| 1885 | 6 September | The province of Eastern Rumelia is transferred to Bulgarian jurisdiction. |
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Turkish History
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