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Events on Friday 29 May 1807 1
1807Janissary revolt deposes Sultan Selim IIIReformist sultan overthrown and replaced by Mustafa IVJanissary troops led by Kabakci Mustafa rose up in Istanbul against Sultan Selim III's Western-style military reforms, deposing him on 29 May 1807. He was replaced by his cousin Mustafa IV. Selim was later murdered in 1808 during a failed attempt to restore him to the throne.