Fall of Constantinople (May 29, 1453), conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. The Byzantine Empire came to an end when the Ottomans breached Constantinople’s ancient land wall after besieging the city for 55 days. The fall
After the capture of Constantinople by the Latins in the Fourth Crusade (1204), the ecumenical patriarchate was transferred to Nicaea (1206), but Emperor Michael VIII Paleologus restored it to Constantinople when he retook the city in 1261. When the city fell to the Turks in 1453, becoming...
The answer, surprisingly, isn't when the former Roman city was captured by Ottoman forces in 1453. Variations of "Constantinople" continued to be used by the Turkish-speaking conquerors long after they took control of the city. "It's a fact that the Ottomans called Istanbul 'Kostantiniyye,...
However the right name is Istanbul, since the city belongs to the Turks. 0 by FAT�H on 2/1/2009 3:21pm SINCE 1453 ISTANBUL FOREVER -2 by WHAT on 2/3/2009 3:30pm I am in middle school and we already learned about this. U r sad people. LOOK IT UP! 0 by 1453 on 2...