Question: when did the decline of the ottoman empire began
Answer: Part of a series on the History of the Ottoman Empire Rise ( 1299 -- 1453 ) ( show ) Gaza Thesis Interregnum ( 1402 -- 1413 ) Fall of Constantinople Classical Age ( 1453 -- 1566 ) ( show ) Sultanate of Women Transformation ( 1566 -- 1703 ) ( show ) Köprülü Era ( 1656 -- 1703 ) Old Regime ( 1703 -- 1789 ) ( show ) Tulip Era ( 1718 -- 1730 ) Decline and modernization ( 1789 -- 1908 ) ( show ) Nizam - i Djedid Tanzimat Era ( 1839 -- 1876 ) 1st Constitutional Era ( 1876 -- 1878 ) Defeat and dissolution ( 1908 -- 1922 ) ( show ) 2nd Constitutional Era ( 1908 -- 1920 ) World War I ( 1914 -- 1918 ) Partitioning Historiography