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==== Middle East ====
* Spring &ndash; Sultan [[Osman I]] calls for a military campaign to strike deep into Byzantine [[Bithynia]]. During the campaign, Ottoman forces capture the towns of [[İnegöl]] and [[Yenişehir, Bursa|Yenişehir]]. The later town will be transformed into a capital city, as Osman moves his administration and personal household within its walls. By the end of the year, Ottoman forces begin blockading the major Byzantine city of [[Nicaea]].<ref>Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). ''The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', pp. 1539–1540. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-504652-8}}.</ref>