Suleiman the Magnificent
c. 1494 – 6 September 1566
Longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who led it to the peak of its military and cultural power. Known in the East as "the Lawgiver" for his sweeping legal reforms.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Suleiman the Magnificent.
- Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566) Overlapped 72 years →
- Titian (1488–1576) Overlapped 72 years →
- Mimar Sinan (1490–1588) Overlapped 72 years →
- Surdas (1478–1583) Overlapped 72 years →
- Michelangelo (1475–1564) Overlapped 70 years →
- Tansen (1500–1586) Overlapped 66 years →
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Conquered Belgrade
1521
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Led the first Ottoman siege of Vienna
1529
The failed siege marked the high-water mark of Ottoman expansion into central Europe.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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