Fall of Constantinople
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Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, was captured by the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April.
The Fall of Constantinople on a mural at the Moldovița Monastery, painted in 1537
Restored walls of Constantinople
The chain that closed off the entrance to the Golden Horn in 1453, now on display in the İstanbul Archaeology Museums
Modern painting of Mehmed and the Ottoman Army approaching Constantinople with a giant bombard, by Fausto Zonaro
Mehmed II
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Mehmed II, commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice, from August 1444 to September 1446 and again from February 1451 to May 1481.
Fall of Constantinople
…53-day siege which had begun on 6 April. The attacking Ottoman Army, which significantly outnumbered Constantinople's defenders, was commanded by Sultan Mehmed II (later nicknamed "the Conqueror"), while the Byzantine army was led by Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. After conquering the city, Mehmed II made…
Portrait of Mehmet II by Gentile Bellini, dating 1480
Accession of Mehmed II in Edirne, 1451
Rumelihisarı, built by Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before the Fall of Constantinople
The entry of Sultan Mehmed II into Constantinople, painting by Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929)