Auspicious Incident

Auspicious Incident (Vaka-i Vakvakiye) (Vaka-i Hayriye)
Date	15 June 1826
Location	Constantinople and other cities of Ottoman Empire
Result	The Janissary Corps was disbanded and replaced with a more modern military force.
Belligerents
Ottoman Government	Janissaries
Strength
Unknown	70,000 - 135,000
Casualties and losses
	Most of the Janissaries were killed, executed, exiled or imprisoned.

The Auspicious Incident (or Event) (Ottoman Turkish: Vaka-i Hayriye, "Fortunate Event" in Constantinople; Vaka-i Şerriyye, "Unfortunate Incident" in the Balkans) was the forced disbandment of the centuries-old Janissary Corps by Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826. Most of the 135,000 Janissaries revolted against Mahmud II, and after the rebellion was suppressed, most of them were executed, exiled or imprisoned or merged into the new army. The disbanded Janissary corps was replaced with a more modern military force.

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