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| 1319 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Murad I, son of Orhan I |
| 1362 | Capital | |
| Adrianople Renames Adrianople to Edirne & makes it his capital |
| 1362 | Capture | |
| Adrianople Renames Adrianople to Edirne & makes it his capital |
| 1362 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as Sultan of the Turkish Empire |
| 1365 | Capital | |
| Adrianople Murad I makes Adrianople his capital |
| 1365 | Capture | |
| Adrianople Murad I captures Adrianople |
| 1366 | Battle of Vidin | |
| Vidin Louis of Hungary defeats Murad I but is later forced to withdraw |
| 1366 | Capture | |
| Gallipoli Amadeus of Savoy captures Gallipoli but is driven out |
| 1366 | Invasion of Gallipoli | |
| Gallipoli Amadeus of Savoy captures Gallipoli but is driven out |
| 1366 | Rule of Serbia | |
| Serbia is forced to pay tribute to Murad I |
| 1367 | Capture | |
| Gallipoli Murad I captures Gallipoli |
| 1369 | Invasion of Bulgaria | |
| Launches an invasion of Bulgaria |
| 1370 | Janissary Corps | |
| Founds the Janissary Corps, an elite body of soldiers |
| 1371 | Battle of Cernomen | |
| 26th Sep Cernomen The Turks invade the Balkans & Uglesa & Volkasin are killed |
| 26th Sep Cernomen Turkish victory over the Serbs at Cernomen leads to the capture of Macedonia |
| 1371 | Battle of River Maritza | |
| 26th Sep River Maritza Turkish victory over the Serbs |
| 1371 | Capture | |
| Cernomen Turkish victory over the Serbs leads to the capture of Macedonia |
| 1372 | Capture | |
| Completes the Turkish capture of Bulgaria |
| 1372 | Invasion of Bulgaria | |
| Murad I invades Bulgaria |
| 1385 | Capture | |
| Sofia Captures Sofia |
| 1386 | Capture | |
| Nis Captures Nis |
| 1388 | Battle of Plocnik | |
| Plocnik A combined force of Serbs, Bosnians & Bulgarians defeat the Turks |
| 1388 | Rule of Bulgaria | |
| Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Shishman breaks the Slav alliance & accepts Turkish suzerainty |
| 1389 | Assassination | |
| 27th June Stabbed to death by a Serbian noble, Milos Obilic, who posed as a Serbian deserter |
| 16th Sep Assassinated by the Serbian Prince Lazar, a Serbian nobleman posing as a deserter |
| 1389 | Battle of Kossovo | |
| 27th June Kossovo Murad I gives the Prince of Serbia an ultimatum, surrender & stepdown or die |
| 27th June Kossovo Stabbed to death by a Serbian noble, Milos Obilic, who posed as a Serbian deserter |
| 27th June Kossovo The Serbian King Lazar I is taken prisoner & executed |
| 27th June Kossovo The Serbian nobility is wiped out |
| 27th June Kossovo Thrace, Macedonia & southern Bulgaria are added to the Ottoman Empire |
| 27th June Kossovo Turkish victory over the Serbs |
| 1389 | Capture | |
| 27th June Kossovo Aftter the battle of Kossovo Turkey captures Macedonia |
| 27th June Kossovo Aftter the battle of Kossovo Turkey captures sth Bulgaria |
| 27th June Kossovo Aftter the battle of Kossovo Turkey captures Thrace |
| 1389 | Death | |
| 27th June Death of Murad I, assassinated |
