Suleiman the Magnificent(Suleiman the Lawgiver, Suleiman Kanuni)

1494 - Born in Trabzon on the 6th of November.

1522 - Suleiman dispatched an armada of some four hundred ships whilst personally leading an army of 100,000 across Asia Minor to a point opposite the island.

1526 - Hungary and the Ottoman Empire deteriorated, Suleiman resumed his campaign in Eastern Europe and on the 26th of August.

1516-1526 - He defeated Louis II of Hungary at the Battle of Mohács.

1533 - Suleiman ordered his Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha to lead an army into Asia where he retook Bitlis and occupied Tabriz without resistance.

1534 - Joined Ibrahim, Suleiman made a push towards Persia, only to find the Shah sacrificing territory instead of facing a pitched battle, resorting to a harassment of the Ottoman army as it proceeded along the harsh interior.

1548-1549 - Suleiman embarked upon a second campaign.

1553 - Suleiman began his third and final campaign against the Shah.

1554 - A settlement was signed which was to conclude Suleiman's

1566 - Died on the 5th of September.