Death of Suleiman the Magnificent

Date: September 6, 1566 • Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died at the age of 71.

Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566. The longest reign among the Ottoman sultans, his rule brought about a notable peak in the Ottoman Empire's economic, military and political power, and raised the number of the empire's subjects to at least 25 million people.