Fall of Constantinople

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

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capture of Constantinople; conquest of Constantinople
siege, battle, conquest, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire,

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1453-04-15T00:00:00Z

1453-05-29T00:00:00Z

1453 Fall of Constantinople

0071-01-01T00:00:00Z

-71 Siege of Byzance

0073-01-01T00:00:00Z

-73 Battle of Chalcedon

0250-01-01T00:00:00Z

-250 Siege of Byzance

0277-01-01T00:00:00Z

0276-01-01T00:00:00Z

-277 — -276 Siege of Byzance

0339-10-01T00:00:00Z

0338-01-01T00:00:00Z

-339 — -338 Siege of Byzantium

0407-01-01T00:00:00Z

-407 Siege of Byzantium

0408-01-01T00:00:00Z

0407-01-01T00:00:00Z

-408 — -407 Siege of Chalcedon

0437-01-01T00:00:00Z

-437 Siege of Byzance

0477-01-01T00:00:00Z

-477 Siege of Byzantium

0509-01-01T00:00:00Z

-509 Siege of Byzance

0193-01-01T00:00:00Z

0195-01-01T00:00:00Z

193 — 195 Siege of Byzantium

0313-01-01T00:00:00Z

313 Siege of Byzance

0324-01-01T00:00:00Z

324 Siege of Byzantium

0324-09-18T00:00:00Z

324 Battle of Chrysopolis

0378-01-01T00:00:00Z

378 Battle of Constantinople

0626-06-01T00:00:00Z

0626-07-01T00:00:00Z

626 Siege of Constantinople

0668-01-01T00:00:00Z

668 Siege of Constantinople

0669-01-01T00:00:00Z

669 Siege of Constantinople

0674-01-01T00:00:00Z

0678-01-01T00:00:00Z

674 — 678 Siege of Constantinople

0715-05-01T00:00:00Z

0715-10-01T00:00:00Z

715 Siege of Constantinople

0717-07-15T00:00:00Z

0718-08-15T00:00:00Z

717 — 718 Siege of Constantinople

0813-06-26T00:00:00Z

0813-07-21T00:00:00Z

813 Siege of Constantinople

0821-01-01T00:00:00Z

0823-01-01T00:00:00Z

821 — 823 Siege of Constantinople

0860-06-22T00:00:00Z

0860-08-08T00:00:00Z

860 Siege of Constantinople

0917-01-01T00:00:00Z

917 Battle of Katasyrtai

0921-03-01T00:00:00Z

921 Battle of Pegae

0988-01-01T00:00:00Z

988 Battle of Chrysopolis

1043-01-01T00:00:00Z

1043 Battle of Iskrest Lighthouse

1101-01-01T00:00:00Z

1101 Crusader attack on Blachernae

1147-09-01T00:00:00Z

1147 Battle of Constantinople

1203-07-17T00:00:00Z

1203-08-01T00:00:00Z

1203 Siege of Constantinople

1204-04-08T00:00:00Z

1204-04-13T00:00:00Z

1204 Siege of Constantinople

1235-01-01T00:00:00Z

1235 Siege of Constantinople

1241-06-01T00:00:00Z

1241 Battle of Constantinople

1260-09-01T00:00:00Z

1260 Siege of Constantinople

1261-08-01T00:00:00Z

1261 Reconquest of Constantinople

1329-06-18T00:00:00Z

1329-06-19T00:00:00Z

1329 Battle of Pelekanon

1352-02-21T00:00:00Z

1352 Battle of the Bosporus

1352-10-01T00:00:00Z

1352 Siege of Pera

1376-07-01T00:00:00Z

1376-08-01T00:00:00Z

1376 Siege of Constantinople

1391-01-01T00:00:00Z

1392-01-01T00:00:00Z

1391 — 1392 Siege of Constantinople

1394-01-01T00:00:00Z

1402-01-01T00:00:00Z

1394 — 1402 Siege of Constantinople

1394-01-01T00:00:00Z

1396-01-01T00:00:00Z

1394 — 1396 Siege of Constantinople

1397-01-01T00:00:00Z

1402-01-01T00:00:00Z

1397 — 1402 Siege of Constantinople

1410-06-24T00:00:00Z

1410 Battle of Kosmidion

1411-02-27T00:00:00Z

1411-01-01T00:00:00Z

1411 Siege of Constantinople

1422-06-01T00:00:00Z

1422-08-01T00:00:00Z

1422 Siege of Constantinople

1453-04-20T00:00:00Z

1453 Battle of the Bosphorus

1589-04-03T00:00:00Z

1589 Beylerbeyi event

1616-01-01T00:00:00Z

1616 Raid on Constantinople

1656-03-04T00:00:00Z

1656-03-08T00:00:00Z

1656 Çınar incident

1703-01-01T00:00:00Z

1703 Edirne Incident

1917-07-09T00:00:00Z

1918-10-25T00:00:00Z

1917 — 1918 Bombing of Constantinople in World War I

0907-01-01T00:00:00Z

907 Rus'–Byzantine War of 907

0941-01-01T00:00:00Z

0944-01-01T00:00:00Z

941 — 944 Rus'–Byzantine War of 941–944

1043-01-01T00:00:00Z

1043 Rus'–Byzantine War of 1043

1350-01-01T00:00:00Z

1355-01-01T00:00:00Z

1350 — 1355 War of the Straits

1373-01-01T00:00:00Z

1379-01-01T00:00:00Z

1373 — 1379 Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379

1821-01-01T00:00:00Z

1829-01-01T00:00:00Z

1821 — 1829 Greek War of Independence

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Frameless

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (no date)

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (probably 1929).

Nándorfehérvárnál használt k vet mozsár

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1914)

Le siège de Constantinople (1453) by Jean Le Tavernier after 1455

Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1929).

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1932)

Hagia Sophia - Muhammad's prophecy

The Fall of Constantinople - Literary work by Bernardine Kielty, English, 1957, online
The Dark Angel - 1952 historical novel by Mika Waltari, Finnish

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

area	region	1299	Ottoman Empire		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	71	Siege of Byzance	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	73	Battle of Chalcedon	Roman Republic, battle, Kingdom of Pontus	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	250	Siege of Byzance	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	277	Siege of Byzance	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	339	Siege of Byzantium	Byzantium, Macedonia, siege, Classical Athens	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	407	Siege of Byzantium	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	408	Siege of Chalcedon	Sparta, siege, Classical Athens	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	437	Siege of Byzance	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	477	Siege of Byzantium	siege, Delian League, Achaemenid Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	509	Siege of Byzance	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	193	Siege of Byzantium	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	313	Siege of Byzance	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	324	Siege of Byzantium	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	324	Battle of Chrysopolis	battle, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	378	Battle of Constantinople	battle, Goths	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	626	Siege of Constantinople	Byzantine Empire, Avar Khaganate, Bulgars, Sasanian Empire, battle, siege, Sclaveni	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	668	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	669	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	674	Siege of Constantinople	Byzantine Empire, Umayyad Caliphate, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	715	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	717	Siege of Constantinople	siege, First Bulgarian Empire, Umayyad Army, Umayyad Caliphate, Byzantine Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	813	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	821	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	860	Siege of Constantinople	siege, Rus' Khaganate, Byzantine Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	917	Battle of Katasyrtai	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	921	Battle of Pegae	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	988	Battle of Chrysopolis	Byzantine Empire, Varangians, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1043	Battle of Iskrest Lighthouse	Kievan Rus', Byzantine Empire, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1101	Crusader attack on Blachernae	Byzantine Empire, siege, Crusading movement	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1147	Battle of Constantinople	Holy Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1203	Siege of Constantinople	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1204	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1235	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1241	Battle of Constantinople	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1260	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1261	Reconquest of Constantinople	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1329	Battle of Pelekanon	Ottoman Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1352	Battle of the Bosporus	Republic of Venice, Byzantine Empire, Republic of Genoa, Crown of Aragon, naval battle, Navy of the Crown of Aragon	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1352	Siege of Pera	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1376	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1391	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1394	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1394	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1397	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1410	Battle of Kosmidion	Ottoman Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1411	Siege of Constantinople	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1422	Siege of Constantinople	Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1453	Fall of Constantinople	Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire, siege, battle, conquest	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1453	Battle of the Bosphorus	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1589	Beylerbeyi event	mutiny	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1616	Raid on Constantinople	Ottoman Empire, Hispanic Monarchy, naval bombing of a city	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1656	Çınar incident	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1703	Edirne Incident	janissary, rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Bombing of Constantinople in World War I	aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
event	war	907	Rus'–Byzantine War of 907	war, Byzantine Empire, Kievan Rus'	Wikidata
event	war	941	Rus'–Byzantine War of 941–944	war, Byzantine Empire, Kievan Rus'	Wikidata
event	war	1043	Rus'–Byzantine War of 1043	war, Byzantine Empire, raid, Kievan Rus'	Wikidata
event	war	1350	War of the Straits	Byzantine Empire, Republic of Genoa, Crown of Aragon, war, Republic of Venice	Wikidata
event	war	1373	Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379	Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Republic of Genoa, Savcı Bey, Princely rebellion	Wikidata
event	war	1821	Greek War of Independence	Ottoman Empire, war of national liberation, Greeks	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Thornback	Tench-class submarine, preserved watercraft, submarine	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1455	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	military branch		Byzantine army	army, armed forces	Wikidata
organisation	military branch		Byzantine Navy	navy	Wikidata
site	fort		Aksaray Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Altunizade Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Ayazma Karakolu	historic building, guardhouse, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Bebek Sahil Karakolhanesi	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Beykoz Hükümet Dairesi Karakolhanesi	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Çarşamba Karakolu	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Cibali Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Çinili Karakol	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Çırağan Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Derbent Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Divanhane Kapısı Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Eski İnzibat Karakolu, Kadıköy	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Eski Karakol, Sarıyer	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Eyüpsultan Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Fatih Müftülüğü	historic building, religious building, religious organization, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Feriye Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Galata İngiliz Karakolu	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Garipçe Castle	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Hadımköy Eski Nahiye Müdürlüğü Binası	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Haydarpaşa Askeri Karakol Binası	outpost, historic building, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Hırka-i Şerif Karakolu	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Kadıköy Askerlik Şubesi	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Kadırga Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, police station, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Kağıthane Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Kanlıca Karakolhanesi	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Karaköy Aziziye Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Kazlıçeşme Karakolhanesi, Zeytinburnu	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Kızıltoprak Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Küçükçekmece Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Langa Karakolu	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Merkez Efendi Karakol Binası	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Mevlanakapı Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Muhsine Hatun Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Nakkaş Baba Karakolu	historic building, guardhouse, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Ortaköy Karakolhanesi	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Otakçılar Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Paşalimanı Guardhouse	outpost, public building, historic building	Wikidata
site	fort		Rıza Paşa Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Rumelihisarı Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Rumelikavağı Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Samatya Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Sarıyer Topçu Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Şehremini Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Şehzadebaşı Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Şemsipaşa Karakolu	historic building, guardhouse, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Seraskerlik Binası, Dolmabahçe Sarayı	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Seyyid Nizam Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Silivrikapı Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		skenderpaşa Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Soğukçeşme Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Sümbül Efendi Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Süslü Karakol	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Tellitabya	redoubt	Wikidata
site	fort		Tophane Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, police station, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Topkapı Sarayı Karakolhanesi	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Yedisekiz Hasan Paşa Karakolu	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Yeldeğirmeni Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Yenibahçe Guardhouse	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort		Yeniçeri Karakolhanesi	historic building, outpost, public building	Wikidata
site	fort	1458	Yedikule Fortress	fortress	Wikidata
site	museum	1846	Istanbul Military Museum	military museum, mosque	Wikidata
site	museum	1897	Istanbul Naval Museum	naval museum, national museum, maritime museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	Istanbul Aviation Museum	national museum, aviation museum, military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (no date)		Commons
commons	image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (no date)		Commons
commons	image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (probably 1929).		Commons
commons	image		Nándorfehérvárnál használt k vet mozsár		Commons
commons	image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1914)		Commons
commons	image		Le siège de Constantinople (1453) by Jean Le Tavernier after 1455		Commons
commons	image		Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror		Commons
commons	image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1929).		Commons
commons	image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1932)		Commons
commons	image		Hagia Sophia - Muhammad's prophecy		Commons

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