territory of the greek city of nicomedia in asia minor, this date is given by the british historian edward gibbon and is considered the day the ottoman empire was founded. first, osman was the first to proclaim the independence of his principality from the kanist seljuk sultanate, and then he challenged the byzantine empire in 1302 and completely defeated the army. george muzalon in the battle of privatia. after that, all the surroundings. not a comedy were captured, but the city itself was finally taken by the ottoman turks only 35 years later and renamed the ministry of foreign affairs in 1453 after constantinople and the ottoman empire or the port, as it was called in international diplomacy, became one of the largest world powers and throughout. six centuries influenced the countries of europe and the east on july 27 , 1841 in a duel. mikhail lermontov was killed in pyatigorsk in his short life. only 26 years old. he became the second youngest classic after pushkin, his poems were read by roman hero our time was snapped up, but the poet's free-thinking and audacity were exiled to the caucasus