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Events on Thursday 28 July 1808 1
1808Mahmud II Becomes Ottoman SultanAuspicious Incident ends with a new sultan on the throneGrand Vizier Alemdar Mustafa Pasha led an uprising that deposed Sultan Mustafa IV and placed Mahmud II on the Ottoman throne. The coup followed the earlier overthrow of reformist sultan Selim III and set the stage for further upheaval later in the year.