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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 ...
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.
In the final years of the Byzantine Empire, the population of Constantinople had fallen steadily, throwing the great imperial city into the shadow of its past glory. For Mehmed II , conquest was only the first stage; the second was giving the old city an entirely new cosmopolitan social structure.
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Atrocities against the Greek population of Constantinople, April 1821. Execution of Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople. Most of the Greeks in the Greek quarter of Constantinople were massacred. [4] On Easter Sunday, 9 April 1821, Gregory V was hanged in the central outside portal of the Ecumenical Patriarchate by the Ottomans. His body was ...
The year 1204 marks the beginning of the Late Byzantine period, when Constantinople and a number of Byzantine territories were conquered by the Latins during the Fourth Crusade. During this period, a number of Byzantine Greek successor states emerged.
328 – 4 November: Constantine dedicates Constantinople as capital. 330 11 May: Column of Constantine dedicated. Church of the Holy Apostles built (approximate date). Chora Church built (approximate date). Milion erected (approximate date). 332 18 May: Free distribution of food to citizens. 80,000 rations a day from 117 distribution points.