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Events on Monday 1 July 1839 1
1785 – 1839Mahmud II (1785-1839)Died 1 July 1839, aged 53Mahmud II ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1808 and pursued sweeping military and administrative reforms, including the destruction of the Janissary corps in 1826. He died in Constantinople shortly after learning of his army's catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Nezib. His son Abdulmejid I succeeded him as sultan.