Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

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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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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 ⓘ
Knights of St. John ⓘ
linked to: Knights Hospitaller

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
commandedBy Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Giovanni Giustiniani Longo ⓘ
Mehmed II ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endDate 1453-05-29 ⓘ
follows Fall of Thessalonica (1430) ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
present-day Istanbul ⓘ
hasPart Siege of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
influenced European search for new trade routes to Asia ⓘ
rise of the Ottoman Empire as a major world power ⓘ
opponent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
partOf Ottoman expansion into the Balkans ⓘ
Ottoman–Byzantine Wars ⓘ
pointInTime 1453 ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Constantinople (1422) ⓘ
result Constantinople becomes Ottoman capital ⓘ
Ottoman victory ⓘ
city renamed Istanbul over time ⓘ
end of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
fall of Constantinople ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Fatih Mosque → builtAfter → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
Constantine Palaiologos → associatedWithEvent → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
Byzantine Empire (as ally during 1453 siege) → event → Siege of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Gate of Charisius → historicalEvent → Fall of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Gate of Charisius → associatedWithEvent → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Ottoman period → includesMajorEvent → Fall of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Byzantine armed forces → significantBattle → Fall of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Siege of Trebizond (1461) → relatedTo → Fall of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Fall of the Serbian Despotate 1459 → chronologicallyAfter → Fall of Constantinople 1453 ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Ottoman conquest of Constantinople → hasPart → Siege of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Conqueror’s Mosque → commissionedAfter → Fall of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Islamization of Anatolia → associatedWithEvent → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
Byzantine period → hasEvent → Siege of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Urban the cannon founder → participatedIn → siege of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Urban the cannon founder → contributedTo → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
city walls of Istanbul → associatedWith → siege of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Venetian acquisition of Thessalonica (1423) → before → Fall of Constantinople (1453) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Ottoman military campaigns → hasPart → Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ