Timeline The Ottoman Empire and commercial radio

The Ottoman Empire and commercial radio 2

• 1299 – 1922 The Ottoman Empire (1299–1922) The Ottoman Empire endured for 623 years -- from Osman I's declaration of independence from the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in 1299 to the abolition of the sultanate by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 1 November 1922. At its height under Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566) it controlled three continents: southeastern Europe from Hungary to the Aegean, Anatolia and the Middle East from Mesopotamia to Yemen, and North Africa from Egypt to Algeria. It was the successor to Byzantium, the inheritor of Rome's eastern legacy, the protector of the Islamic holy cities and the dominant power of the Mediterranean world for three centuries. Its capital Constantinople -- renamed Istanbul -- became again the greatest city between Vienna and Beijing.
• 1920 KDKA -- the first commercial radio broadcast Election night, Pittsburgh, 2 November 1920 KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcast the Harding-Cox presidential election results on 2 November 1920, generally recognised as the first commercially licensed radio broadcast in the United States. The Ottoman Empire, founded in 1299, was still formally in existence at the time and would not be dissolved until 1922.