1453
On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II's Ottoman army entered Constantinople after a 53-day siege of the Theodosian defenses. Constantine XI died during the final fighting. The conquest ended the Byzantine Empire and made the city the capital of an expanding Ottoman state; historians often use 1453 as one conventional marker between medieval and early modern history.
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On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II's Ottoman army entered Constantinople after a 53-day siege of the Theodosian defenses. Constantine XI died during the final fighting. The conquest ended the Byzantine Empire and made the city the capital of an expanding Ottoman state; historians often use 1453 as one conventional marker between medieval and early modern history.
The Fall of Constantinople was fought in 1453.
The Fall of Constantinople was fought between Ottoman Empire and Byzantine Empire.
An estimated 35,000 people died in The Fall of Constantinople, including roughly 25,000 military and 10,000 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included The Final Assault — May 29, The Sack of Constantinople, The Second Grand Assault, and The First Grand Assault.