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| 1855 |
| | | After a siege of nearly a year the Russians abandon Sebastopol, but the Turkish alliance is too exhausted to pursue the conflict | |
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| 1856 |
| | | The treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War, limiting Russia's special powers in relation to Turkey | |
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| 1878 |
| | | On a wave of jingoism Benjamin Disraeli sends six British ironclads, in support of Turkey, to confront the Russians near Istanbul | |
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| 1878 |
| | | A war of liberation against Turkey wins full independence for Serbia | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The Young Turks of Salonika organize a successful uprising against the autocracy of the Ottoman sultan | |
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| 1912 |
| | | Turkey, beset by troubles elsewhere, cedes to Italy her north African province of Libya | |
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| 1912 |
| | | An Albanian uprising against the Ottoman empire is so successful that the Albanians are able to capture Skopje in Macedonia | |
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| 1912 |
| | | By a prearranged plan Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia together launch the First Balkan War against Turkey | |
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| 1912 |
| | | An armistice agreed between the Ottoman empire and three of the Balkan states ends the war in the Balkans | |
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| 1913 |
| | | The Treaty of London, ending the First Balkan War, allows Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia to divide up much of European Turkey | |
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