Fall of Constantinople
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Key events on this timeline
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- The final assault (1453)
- Hagia Sophia converted to mosque (1453)
- Mehmed hauls his fleet over the hills (1453)
- Orban casts the great bombard (1453)
- Reign of Mehmed II (1451)
- Mehmed builds Rumeli Hisarı (1452)
- Mehmed makes Constantinople his capital (1453)
- Reign of Constantine XI Palaiologos (1449)
- The defenders' last council (1453)
- The chain across the Golden Horn (1453)
- Siege of Belgrade (1456) (1456)
- Battle of Varna (1444)
- Topkapı Palace built (1459)