ottoman vs netherlands

The first collective area of Netherlands Charles V succeeded his father Philip the Handsome as ruler of the Low Countries in 1506. His predecessors had tried to unite the loosely connected territories. Charles V completed this task. In so doing, he laid the foundations for a prosperous, centrally governed state.

Disaster year this was know as the disaster year because of the war at the time were Netherlands was surround and because of the lynches

Treaty of Munster This signified the end of the 80 years old war going on against Spain.

New constitution King William II has ordered a change and the creation of a new constitution. He changed from conservative to liberal.

Start of golden age At this time the trade was very good and many religious refugees came to Amsterdam to seek refuge which also contributed to the growth of Amsterdam.

Mehmed II or Mehmed the conquerer He wanted to take control of Constantinople as the Byzantines had it under their control which gave them great wealth so he decided to take it for himself to unite his empire.

The start of the ottoman empire Osman was a ghazi leader who had established strong presence with a army who found strength in gunpowder the westerners called him Othman and his followers the ottomans.

Suleyman the magnificent Under Suleyman's rule the Ottoman empire reached it's peak as he had great power and added many laws to make the life of citizens better this caused less revolts and the support of the people.

Selim the Grim He defeated the Safavid Empire and took responsibility of mecca and medina and then took control over Cairo which was a booming intellectual area for growth to take place.

Orhan Orhan the second ruler of the ottoman empire started to expand the ottomans into a true empire by taking control of important cities.

Battle of Ankara Timur defeated the Ottomans in 1402 leaving the Ottomans divided and caused a great power struggle which weekend the Ottoman empire.

Invasion At this time Germany invaded the Netherlands during WWII and Germany had a military superiority and there for took control over the Netherlands.

Ottoman empire

Netherland