Selim II

The 11th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1566 to 1574. Son of Suleiman I and Hürrem Sultan, he was also called "Selim the Blond" due to his blond hair. During his reign, Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha played a central role in state administration, advancing the conquest of Cyprus and the recapture of Tunis. Meanwhile, the Ottoman navy suffered a defeat against the Holy League at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Throughout Selim II's era, the empire's administrative and military machinery remained functional, maintaining Ottoman influence in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

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Year	Selim II
1524	Birth of Selim II (Period: May 28, 1524, Location: Istanbul, Republic of Turkey)
1537	Accompanying the Expedition to Corfu (Age: 12 years old, Period: 1537, Location: Corfu (modern Greece))
1542	Governing Experience as a Provincial Governor (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1542–1566, Location: Karaman, Konya, Manisa, Kütahya, etc. (modern Turkey))
1566	Accession of Selim II (Age: 42 years old, Period: September 1566, Location: Ottoman territory from Belgrade to Istanbul) Accession to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Age: 42 years old, Period: September 7, 1566, Location: Capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul)
1568	Russo-Ottoman Wars (Age: 43 years old, Period: Campaign centered around 1568–1570, Location: Volga River basin, Astrakhan (modern Astrakhan, Russian Federation))
1570	Ottoman-Venetian War (Cypriot War, Age: 45 years old, Period: 1570–1573, Location: Cyprus, Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean) Conquest of Cyprus (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1570–1571, Location: Cyprus) Conquest of the Island of Cyprus and Beginning of Rule (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1570–1571, Location: Cyprus)
1571	Rebuilding of the Ottoman Fleet after the Battle of Lepanto (Age: 46 years old, Period: 1571–1572, Location: Istanbul Shipyard, Eastern Mediterranean) Marriage (Selim Şah bin Suleiman Şah Han, Nurbanu Sultan, Age: 46 years old, Period: 1571, Location: Ottoman court. Specific location unknown) War between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League (Age: 47 years old, Period: October 7, 1571, Location: Off the west coast of Greece, around Nafpaktos (Lepanto) near the Gulf of Patras) Defeat at the Battle of Lepanto (Age: 47 years old, Period: October 7, 1571, Location: Off the west coast of Greece, near the Gulf of Patras)
1573	Ottoman-Venetian Peace (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1573, Location: Diplomatic negotiations between Istanbul and Venice)
1574	Ottoman Recapture Operation of Tunis (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1574, Location: Tunis, North Africa (modern Tunisia)) Reconquest of Tunis (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1574, Location: Tunis (capital of modern Tunisia)) Recapture of Tunis (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1574, Location: Tunis, North Africa) Death of Selim II (Age: 50 years old, Period: December 15, 1574. Died at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.)
Unknown	Marriage (Selim Şah bin Suleiman Şah Han, Fürane Hatun, Period: Mid-16th century. Exact date unknown, Location: Exact location unknown)

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Group	List
Ottoman Empire	Mehmed II Bayezid II Selim I Suleiman I Selim II Murad III Mehmed III Ahmed I Murad IV Mehmed IV Mustafa II Ahmed III
Safavid dynasty	Suleiman I Abbas I Shah Ismail I Tahmasp I Ismail II Safi I Abbas II Sultan Hossein Nader Shah
Trade and Diplomacy	Piri Reis Hayreddin Pasha Turgut Reis Aruj Reis Abbas I Anthony Shirley Robert Shirley Jean Chardin Pietro della Valle William Baffin

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