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The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire.The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 55-day siege which had begun on 6 April.
Mehmet II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد الثانى Meḥmed-i sānī, Turkish: II.Mehmet), (also known as el-Fatih (الفاتح), "the Conqueror", in Ottoman Turkish), or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432, Edirne – May 3, 1481, Hünkârcayırı, near Gebze) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rûm until the conquest) for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and ...
A map of the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1307 to 1683. Ottoman territories acquired between 1481 and 1683 ( See: list of territories ) Rise (1299–1453)
Morea and Bulgaria were connected to the Ottoman State. This began to increase the authority of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. 1448: October 17–20: Battle of Kosovo II. Balkans fully entered Ottoman rule. 1453: May 29: Mehmed II (the Conqueror) captures Constantinople, and the final Byzantine emperor Constantine XI dies in the fighting. 1459
The Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the second reign of Mehmed II. The Ottoman Empire upon the death of Suleiman the Magnificent. The Ottoman Empire of the Classical Age experienced dramatic territorial growth. The period opened with the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II (r. 1451–1481) in 1453.
The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [23] [24] was an imperial realm [l] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. [25] [26] [27]
Upon making Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) the new capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1453, Mehmed II assumed the title of Kayser-i Rûm (literally Caesar Romanus, i.e. Roman Emperor.) In order to consolidate this claim, he would launch a campaign to conquer Rome, the western capital of the former Roman Empire.
April 6 – The Ottoman Empire declares war against the Byzantines, beginning the Siege of Constantinople. [4] [5] April 18 – Ottoman forces, led by Sultan Mehmed II, launch their first assault against Constantinople. [6] May 29 – Ottoman forces capture Constantinople, destroying the Byzantine Empire-the successor state of the Roman Empire. [7]