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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 658,938 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Osman III is the 438th most popular politician (up from 453rd in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 72nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular 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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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Osman III has had the most page views in the with 130,259 views, followed by English (93,328), and Russian (63,280). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (192.93%), German (158.08%), and Thai (146.18%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Osman III ranks 438 out of 19,576Before him are Pompey, Francis II of France, Servius Tullius, Björn Ironside, Severus Alexander, and Arcadius. After him are Jiang Zemin, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Constantine II of Greece, Puyi, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and Leopold I of Belgium.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Osman III ranks 66 out of 1,347Before him are Abdul Hamid I (1725), Selim III (1761), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Mahmud I (1696), Leucippus (-500), and Saint Blaise (300). After him are Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Şehzade Mehmed (1522), Mustafa III (1717), Lucian (120), Hipparchus (-190), and Herostratus (-301).

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Osman III ranks 37Before him are Julian (331), Abdulmejid I (1823), Hatice Sultan (1496), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Selim III (1761), and Mahmud I (1696). After him are Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), Honorius (384), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Ertuğrul (1198), and Theodosius II (401).