Ottoman history in March

2 March

• 1331 · Iznik (City) — On 2 March 1331 the Byzantine commander surrendered the city to Orhan Bey, on condition that anyone could stay or leave.
• 1656 · Plane Tree Incident (Revolt) — The palace aghas and some thirty statesmen the troops demanded were killed and their bodies hung on the plane trees of the Hippodrome; the …

3 March

• 1807 · Dardanelles operation (1807) (Naval battle) — Ottoman victory
• 1918 · Kars (City) — The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (3 March 1918) returned it; the Turkish army took the city on 23 April 1918.

5 March

• 1573 · Peace with Venice over Cyprus (Treaty)

6 March

• 1913 · Ioannina (City) — After Esad Pasha's defence of almost six months the city fell to the Greek army on 6 March 1913.

8 March

• 1916 · Rize (City) — After bombardment by the Russian fleet the town was occupied on 8 March 1916.

12 March

• 1918 · Erzurum (City) — Turkish troops under Kâzım Karabekir Pasha liberated the city on 12 March 1918.

13 March

• 1879 · Edirne (City) — The Russians left on 13 March 1879.

16 March

• 1921 · Treaty of Moscow (1921) (Treaty) — Turkey (Ankara government), Soviet Russia

18 March

• 1799 · Acre (City) — Napoleon Bonaparte besieged the city from 18 March 1799 but failed and withdrew.
• 1915 · Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign (Naval battle) — Ottoman victory City: Çanakkale

21 March

• 1779 · Treaty of Aynalıkavak (Treaty) — Russian Empire, Ottoman Empire

22 March

• 1430 · Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430) (Siege) — Ottoman victory
• 1807 · Battle of the Dardanelles (1807) (Naval battle) — Russian victory

26 March

• 1913 · Edirne (City) — After a long siege the Bulgarians took the city on 26 March 1913.

29 March

• 1430 · Thessaloniki (City) — Murad II took the city from Venice on 29 March 1430.

30 March

• 1856 · Treaty of Paris (1856) (Treaty) — Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire (end of the Crimean War)

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.