Ahmed II
1643 – 1695 · 52 years · Edirne · Middle East
Reign: 1691 – 1695 (Ottoman Empire)
He reigned four years during the war with the Holy League; in 1691 his army was routed at Slankamen and Grand Vizier Fazıl Mustafa Pasha was killed. The Ottomans lost most of Hungary.
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Portrait: Kapıdağlı · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Contemporaries around the world
Europe
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- Osei Tutu I — founder of the Ashanti Empire, 17 years younger
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Asia
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Americas
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Oceania
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The world in their lifetime
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- 1648 Peace of Westphalia — aged 5, Europe
- 1649 Execution of Charles I of England — aged 6, Europe
- 1654 Pereiaslav Agreement — aged 11, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1662 Last sighting of the dodo — aged 19, Africa
- 1676 Leeuwenhoek sees microbes — aged 33, Europe
- 1682 Accession of Peter the Great — aged 39, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1683 Battle of Vienna — aged 40, Europe
- 1687 Newton's Principia — aged 44, Europe
- 1688–1689 Glorious Revolution — aged 45, Europe