16th Century (Croatian Empire)


 * c.1501 = With its success against the Ottoman Empire, the Croatian kingdom launched its own invasion seeking to increase its territory.
 * c.1575 = With the entire peninsula in open revolt and the occupied towns falling one by one the Sultan declared Jihad on the Croatian kingdom.
 * c.1590 = The Croatian army easily occupied a vast territory in the Balkans with the support of the people who were occupied by the Ottoman Empire.
 * 1593 = After a century of war the Ottoman Empire was beaten and the Balkans were under the control of the Croatian Kingdom, which became the Croatian Empire.

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