Ottoman history in May

9 May

• 1560 · Battle of Djerba (Naval battle) — Ottoman victory

12 May

• 1881 · Tunis (City) — On 12 May 1881 France signed the Treaty of Bardo with the bey of Tunis and took the country under its protection.

15 May

• 1919 · İzmir (City) — On 15 May 1919 the Greek army occupied the city.

17 May

• 1395 · Battle of Rovine (Battle) — Disputed
• 1912 · Rhodes (City) — During the Italo-Turkish War Italy occupied the island on 17 May 1912.

19 May

• 1517 · Alexandria (City) — Thirty-six days after Tumanbay's execution, when Cafer Bey's fleet arrived, the city came under Ottoman rule on 19 May 1517.
• 1622 · Regicide of Osman II (Haile-i Osmaniye) (Revolt) — Osman II was deposed and strangled in the Yedikule fortress; Mustafa I was restored to the throne
• 1919 · Samsun (City) — On 19 May 1919 Mustafa Kemal Pasha landed at Samsun; the national struggle began.

25 May

• 1807 · Kabakçı Mustafa Revolt (Revolt) — Selim III was deposed and Mustafa IV enthroned (29 May 1807); the Nizam-ı Cedid came to an end

27 May

• 1919 · Aydın (City) — It was occupied by Greece on 27 May 1919.

28 May

• 1812 · Treaty of Bucharest (1812) (Treaty)

29 May

• 1416 · Battle of Gallipoli (1416) (Naval battle) — Venetian victory
• 1453 · Fall of Constantinople (Siege) — Ottoman victory City: Istanbul

30 May

• 1913 · Treaty of London (1913) (Treaty)

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.