Fall of Constantinople

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Was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 after a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April. The conquest of Constantinople and the fall of the Byzantine Empire marked the effective end of the last remains of the Roman Empire.

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May 1453: Mehmed II "the Conqueror" captured the Byzantine capital Constantinople in 1453. This marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. Sultan Mehmed II made Constantinople his capital, renaming it Istanbul

May 1453: The Ottoman Sultanate is considered an Empire after the conquest of Constantinople.

July 1453: On May 29, 1453, after a siege of almost two months, the imperial capital fell to Mehmed II. The last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI. died during the fighting for the city.

November 1453: After the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Northern Sporades (Skiathos, Skopelos, and Alonissos) became part of the Republic of Venice.

January 1454: After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 the Byzantine forces in Imbros left the island.

May 1453: In 1453, during the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, the Genoese territory of Galata was taken over by the Ottoman Sultanate under the leadership of Mehmed the Conqueror.

January 1454: After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, the Greek islands of Skyros, Skiathos and Skopolos granted themselves to Venice.