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Bayezid II

1447 - 1512

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Bayezid II (Ottoman Turkish: بايزيد ثانى, romanized: Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Bayezid; 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated his throne to his son, Selim I. Bayezid evacuated Sephardi Jews from Spain following the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada and the proclamation of the Alhambra Decree and resettled them throughout Ottoman lands, especially in Salonica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bayezid II is the 183rd most popular politician (down from 142nd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Greece (up from 25th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Politician.

Bayezid II is most famous for his victory over the crusaders in the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396.

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Among politicians, Bayezid II ranks 183 out of 19,576. Before him are Theodosius I, Honorius, Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Domitian, and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. After him are Bayezid I, Harry S. Truman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Christina, Queen of Sweden, Murad I, and Christian IX of Denmark.

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Among people born in 1447, Bayezid II ranks 1. After him are Chenghua Emperor, Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, Philippe de Commines, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Catherine of Genoa, Pietro Riario, Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, Constantine II of Georgia, and Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia. Among people deceased in 1512, Bayezid II ranks 2. Before him is Amerigo Vespucci. After him are Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Hatuey, Alessandro Achillini, Svante Nilsson, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Antoine Brumel.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Bayezid II ranks 20 out of 1,024. Before him are Aristophanes (-448), El Greco (1541), Euripides (-480), Saint Stephen (1), Thucydides (-460), and Aeschylus (-525). After him are Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), Sappho (-630), and Phidias (-490).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Bayezid II ranks 4. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Solon (-638), and Pericles (-494). After him are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Demosthenes (-384), Cleisthenes (-565), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Leonidas I (-540), and Peisistratos (-600).

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