Ottoman history in August

1 August

• 1571 · Famagusta (City) — In the Cyprus campaign the Ottomans took Famagusta eleven months after Nicosia, on 1 August 1571, after a hard siege.

4 August

• 1484 · Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (City) — Bayezid II took the city from Moldavia on 4 August 1484; with it the entire Black Sea coast came under Ottoman control.
• 1791 · Smederevo (City) — The Treaty of Sistova of 4 August 1791 returned it to the Ottomans.

6 August

• 1534 · Tabriz (City) — On Süleyman's campaign of the Two Iraqs the Ottomans entered the city again on 6 August 1534.
• 1696 · Azov (City) — The Russian army besieged the fortress and took it on 6 August 1696; the Treaty of Constantinople (1700) ceded it to Russia.

7 August

• 1919 · Erzurum (City) — From 23 July to 7 August 1919 the Erzurum Congress, the first congress of the national struggle, met here.

8 August

• 1635 · Siege of Erivan (1635) (Campaign) — Ottoman victory City: Yerevan
• 1648 · Deposition of Sultan İbrahim (Revolt) — İbrahim was deposed and strangled ten days later; the seven-year-old Mehmed IV was placed on the throne
• 1916 · Bitlis (City) — In the First World War the city was under Russian occupation from 1 March to 8 August 1916.

9 August

• 1484 · Kilia and Akkerman (Siege)
• 1554 · Ottoman campaign against Hormuz (Naval battle) — Portuguese victory
• 1578 · Battle of Çıldır (Battle) — Ottoman victory

10 August

• 1664 · Peace of Vasvár (Treaty)
• 1913 · Treaty of Bucharest (1913) (Treaty) — Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro
• 1920 · Treaty of Sèvres (Treaty) — Principal Allied Powers, British Empire, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, France, Italy, Japan, Allied …

11 August

• 1473 · Battle of Otlukbeli (Battle) — Ottoman victory

14 August

• 1551 · Siege of Tripoli (1551) (Siege) — Ottoman–French victory

15 August

• 1421 · Revolt of Mustafa the Pretender (Revolt) — Suppressed; Mustafa Çelebi was caught while fleeing and executed at Edirne
• 1461 · Siege of Trebizond (1461) (Siege) — Ottoman victory
• 1551 · Tripoli (City) — The fleet of Grand Admiral Sinan Pasha took the city on 15 August 1551.

18 August

• 1672 · Siege of Kamenets (Siege) — Ottoman victory

19 August

• 1691 · Battle of Slankamen (Battle) — Imperial victory
• 1878 · Sarajevo (City) — After the Congress of Berlin, Austro-Hungarian forces entered the city on 19 August 1878 despite fierce resistance.

22 August

• 1645 · Siege of Chania (1645) (Siege) — Ottoman victory
• 1703 · Edirne Incident (Revolt) — The şeyhülislam Feyzullah Efendi was killed; Mustafa II gave up the throne to his brother Ahmed III (22 August 1703)
• 1829 · Edirne (City) — On 22 August 1829 a Russian army entered without a fight; it withdrew after the Treaty of Adrianople.

23 August

• 1514 · Battle of Chaldiran (Battle) — Ottoman victory

24 August

• 1516 · Battle of Marj Dabiq (Battle) — Ottoman victory

25 August

• 1499 · Battle of Zonchio (Naval battle) — Ottoman victory

27 August

• 1439 · Smederevo (City) — The last capital of medieval Serbia was taken on 27 August 1439 after a three-month siege with cannon.
• 1672 · Kamianets-Podilskyi (City) — On Mehmed IV's Polish campaign the capital of Podolia was taken on 27 August 1672 after a nine-day siege; the Treaty of Buczacz recognised Ottoman rule.
• 1922 · Afyonkarahisar (City) — The Great Offensive, commanded by Atatürk himself, began near the city; it was liberated on 27 August 1922.

28 August

• 1516 · Aleppo (City) — After Selim I's victory at Marj Dabiq (24 August) the city came under Ottoman rule on 28 August 1516.

29 August

• 1521 · Siege of Belgrade (1521) (Siege) — Ottoman victory
• 1526 · Battle of Mohács (Battle) — Ottoman victory
• 1920 · Uşak (City) — On 29 August 1920 the Greek army occupied the city.

30 August

• 1922 · Kütahya (City) — On 30 August 1922 the Turkish army liberated the city.

Dates are given as in the sources; dates before 1582 are mostly Julian. Event dates come from Wikipedia infoboxes, city events from the city articles of the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam.