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474 AD: Great Fire of Constantinople [1] 532 AD: Nika Riots and Fire of Constantinople; 537 AD: Completion of the Hagia Sophia by Justinian I [2] [3] [4] 626 AD: First siege of Constantinople; 674–678 AD: First Arab siege of Constantinople; 717–718 AD: Second Arab siege of Constantinople; 1204 AD: Sack of Constantinople; 1261 AD: Reconquest ...
Athenagoras (1948–1972): 23 years, 8 months and 6 days; Joseph II (1416–1439): 23 years, 1 month and 20 days; Theophylact Lekapenos (933–956): 23 years and 25 days; John IX Agapetus (1111–1134): 22 years and 11 months; Tarasios (784–806): 21 years, 2 months and 24 days; Saint Jeremias I (2nd term, 1525–1546): 20 years, 3 months and ...
The history of Constantinople covers the period from the Consecration of the city in 330, when Constantinople became the new capital of the Roman Empire, to its conquest by the Ottomans in 1453. Constantinople was rebuilt practically from scratch on the site of Byzantium .
Constantinople [a] (see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman empires between its consecration in 330 until 1930, when it was renamed to Istanbul.
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors (symbasileis) who never attained the status of sole or senior ruler, as well as of the various usurpers ...
(38 years~) Son of Osman I and Malhun Hatun (unclear). [21] Reigned until his death. 3 Murad I: March 1362 – 15 June 1389 (27 years, 3 months) Son of Orhan and Nilüfer Hatun. [21] Reigned until his death. Killed on the battlefield at the Battle of Kosovo on June 15, 1389. 4 Bayezid I: 15 June 1389 – 20 July 1402 (13 years, 35 days)
This is a list of notable people from the city of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) between the third century and 1453 CE. For a list of people born before the third century CE, see Notable people from Byzantium. For a list of people born after 1453, see List of people from Istanbul.
The Sack of Constantinople that took place in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade caused the city to fall and to be established as the capital of the Latin Empire. It also sent the Byzantine imperial dynasty to exile, who founded the Empire of Nicaea. Constantinople came under Byzantine rule again in 1261 who ruled for nearly two centuries.