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Osman III

1699 - 1757

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Osman III (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث Osmān-i sālis;‎ 2 January 1699 – 30 October 1757) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Osman III has received more than 667,758 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Osman III is the 454th most popular politician (up from 539th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 85th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Turkish Politician.

Osman III is most famous for being the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757. He was the son of Ahmed III and succeeded his brother Mustafa II. Osman III, like his predecessors, was a reformer. He undertook a number of reforms to strengthen the Ottoman military.

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  • 3.13

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Osman III ranks 454 out of 15,577Before him are Otho, Merneptah, Babur, Alfred Rosenberg, Ögedei Khan, and Mary of Burgundy. After him are Radovan Karadžić, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, Augustus II the Strong, Georges Pompidou, Lothair I, and Arcadius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1699, Osman III ranks 1After him are Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Christian VI of Denmark, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Johann Adolph Hasse, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Anna Leszczyńska, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Mastani, Alamgir II, and Bernard de Jussieu. Among people deceased in 1757, Osman III ranks 2Before him is Domenico Scarlatti. After him are René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Johann Stamitz, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Rosalba Carriera, Robert-François Damiens, Siraj ud-Daulah, 7th Dalai Lama, and David Hartley.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Osman III ranks 72 out of 1,301Before him are Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Aspasia (-470), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Hipparchus (-190), Rachel (-3500), and Herostratus (-301). After him are Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), Lucian (120), Anacreon (-570), and Alexios I Komnenos (1048).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Osman III ranks 43Before him are Mustafa II (1664), Priam (null), Abdulmejid I (1823), Selim III (1761), Mahmud I (1696), and Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132). After him are Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Abdulmejid II (1868), and Theodosius II (401).