fall of Constantinople

1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire. 
capture of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople

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1453 — 1453 battle, Battle of the Bosphorus, Byzantine–Ottoman Wars, conquest, Ottoman Wars in Europe, sex of the angels, siege, Turkey, 
See also Siege of Constantinople (0626), Siege of Constantinople (0674), Siege of Constantinople (1422), Siege of Constantinople (1203), Siege of Constantinople (0821), Siege of Constantinople (1204), Siege of Constantinople (0813), Siege of Constantinople (1391), Siege of Constantinople (1394), Siege of Constantinople (1411), Siege of Constantinople (0715), Siege of Constantinople (1376), Siege of Constantinople (1394), Siege of Constantinople (1397), Siege of Constantinople (0717), Siege of Constantinople (1260), Siege of Constantinople (1235), Siege of Constantinople (0668), Siege of Constantinople (0669)

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Anglo-Turkish War (1918–1923) – Basilic – Battle of Chalcedon – Battle of Constantinople – Battle of Constantinople – Battle of Iskrest Lighthouse – Battle of Kosmidion – Battle of Pegae – Battle of Pelekanon – Battle of the Bosphorus – Battle of the Bosporus – Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379 – Byzantine–Ottoman Wars – Greek War of Independence – Ottoman Wars in Europe – Reconquest of Constantinople – Rus'–Byzantine War of 1043 – Rus'–Byzantine War of 907 – Rus'–Byzantine War of 941–944 – Siege of Byzance – Siege of Byzantium – Siege of Chalcedon – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Constantinople – Siege of Pera – War of the Straits – 

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Battle of the Bosphorus 1453

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Byzantine Civil War of 1341–1347 1341

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Chute Constantinople, disposition des forces.PNG

Hagia Sophia - Muhammad's prophecy

Nándorfehérvárnál használt k vet mozsár

Photograph of the Inscription of Ulubatlı Hasan's Destroyed Mosque

Siege of Constantinople Model, Istanbul Military Museum

Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1914)

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1929).

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1932)

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (no date)

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (no date)

Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (probably 1929).

The fall of Constantinople, 6 april 1453 - 29 may 1453-ar

• История о взятии Константинополя Мухаметом II (Wikimedia)

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
conflict	1453	Battle of the Bosphorus	naval battle		Wikidata
conflict		sex of the angels	philosophy, locution		Wikidata
war	1341	Byzantine Civil War of 1341–1347	civil war, Byzantine–Ottoman Wars		Wikidata
war	1821	Greek War of Independence	history of Greece, war of national liberation, history of the Ottoman Empire		Wikidata
document	1843	История о взятии Константинополя Мухаметом II			Wikimedia
image	2012	Chute Constantinople, disposition des forces.PNG			Wikimedia
image	2010	Hagia Sophia - Muhammad's prophecy			Wikimedia
image		Nándorfehérvárnál használt k vet mozsár			Wikimedia
image	1453	Photograph of the Inscription of Ulubatlı Hasan's Destroyed Mosque			Wikimedia
image	2020	Siege of Constantinople Model, Istanbul Military Museum			Wikimedia
image		Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror			Wikimedia
image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1914)			Wikimedia
image	1929	Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1929).			Wikimedia
image	1932	Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (1932)			Wikimedia
image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (no date)			Wikimedia
image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (no date)			Wikimedia
image		Theophilos Hatzimihail, Constantine Palaeologus (probably 1929).			Wikimedia
image	2014	The fall of Constantinople, 6 april 1453 - 29 may 1453-ar			Wikimedia

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