Fall of Constantinople

When

15 Apr 1453 – 29 May 1453

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

41.03° N, 28.93° E

Description

1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire

1453 Ottoman conquest of the Byzantine capital

Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, was captured by the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Ottoman Empire declares war against the Byzantines, beginning the Siege of Constantinople”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung Konstantinopels durch das osmanische Heer unter Mehmed II. beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Constantinople par l'Empire ottoman ; fin de l'Empire romain d'Orient (dénommé byzantin depuis)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “падение Константинополя”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “los turcos otomanos toman las islas Príncipe como prólogo a la toma de Constantinopla”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “奥斯曼帝国攻陷君士坦丁堡，東羅馬帝國（拜占庭帝國）滅亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “コンスタンティノープル陥落。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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