Fall of Constantinople
siege · 1453 AD
Fall of Constantinople, a siege recorded 1453 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- siege
- Date
- 6 April 1453 AD
- War
- Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Side 1
- Ottoman Empire — led by Mehmed II
- Side 2
- Byzantine Empire — led by Constantine XI Palaiologos
- Result
- Ottoman victory; the end of the Byzantine Empire
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1453 AD | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | The siege lasted from 6 April until the city fell on 29 May. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)