Ottoman Land Code, 7 Ramadan 1274

A riot (presumably by Christian Orthodox Ottoman subjects) expels the Franciscans from the Holy Sepulchre on the eve of Palm Sunday, which this year falls on the same day for both the Greek Orthodox...

The treaty, which ends an Ottoman-Russian war in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to the advantage of Russia, includes provisions on matters that were previously addressed in a Capitulation document...

In a solemn ceremony chaired by Sultan Abd al-Majid I and attended by high dignitaries including ministers and ulama, and ambassadors to the Sublime Porte, a firman, known as Gulhane Hatti Cherif,...

Sultan Abd al-Majid I adopts a firman delimiting the possessory rights and the spatial and temporal usage rights concerning the modes of sharing control over the Christian holy places in Jerusalem...

Under pressure from Great Britain, France, and Austria (three countries that supported the Ottoman Empire against Russia in the Crimean War of 1854–1856 ), Sultan Abd al-Majid I adopts an edict,...

As part of the Tanzimat reorganization throughout Greater Syria, the Sublime Porte decide to join the Province of Damascus to that of Saida to form the Province of Syria (Suriye Vilayeti), with...

The right to own real property in the Ottoman Empire, hitherto restricted to Muslims and Ottoman subjects, is extended to foreigners, following pressure from European powers.

The Ottoman law of nationality aligns with similar European laws, in terms of presumption of nationality.

The passage of the Ottoman Education Law brings about a massive expansion of the modern educational system throughout the empire, in particular in major cities in the Levant.

The Treaty of Berlin is signed by Russia and the Ottoman Empire, together with other European powers, in the aftermath of the Russian victorious war (that started in April 1877) over the Ottomans.