Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

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Ottoman–Byzantine Wars battle military conflict siege

The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 was the decisive siege in which Sultan Mehmed II captured the Byzantine capital, ending the Byzantine Empire and transforming the city into the Ottoman imperial center of Istanbul.

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Fall of Constantinople (1453) 2
Fall of Constantinople 1
Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman–Byzantine Wars battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath Islamization and Turkification of the city ⓘ
conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque ⓘ
influx of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian populations under Ottoman rule ⓘ
chronologyWithin 15th century ⓘ
combatant Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knights of St. John NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBy Constantine XI Palaiologos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giovanni Giustiniani Longo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehmed II NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endDate 1453-05-29 ⓘ
follows Fall of Thessalonica (1430) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
hasKeyEvent final assault on 29 May 1453 ⓘ
hasKeyFeature chain barrier across the Golden Horn ⓘ
use of a massive cannon cast by Orban ⓘ
hasLocation Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
present-day Istanbul ⓘ
hasPart Siege of Constantinople (1453) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced European search for new trade routes to Asia ⓘ
rise of the Ottoman Empire as a major world power ⓘ
opponent Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ottoman expansion into the Balkans ⓘ
Ottoman–Byzantine Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointInTime 1453 ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Constantinople (1422) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result Constantinople becomes Ottoman capital ⓘ
Ottoman victory ⓘ
city renamed Istanbul over time ⓘ
end of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
fall of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance marked the end of the Middle Ages for many historians ⓘ
shifted trade routes and power balance in Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
startDate 1453-04-06 ⓘ
usedTactic blockade of the city ⓘ
breaching Theodosian Walls ⓘ
naval operations in the Golden Horn ⓘ
usedWeapon bombards ⓘ
gunpowder artillery ⓘ
large cannons ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fatih Mosque → builtAfter → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
Constantine Palaiologos → associatedWithEvent → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
Byzantine Empire (as ally during 1453 siege) → event → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Constantinople (1453)
Gate of Charisius → historicalEvent → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of Constantinople
Gate of Charisius → associatedWithEvent → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453
Ottoman period → includesMajorEvent → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of Constantinople (1453)
Byzantine armed forces → significantBattle → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of Constantinople (1453)