Ottoman Empire - Mehmed the Conqueror conquered Constantinople
Time: Sunday May 29, 1453
Place: Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Details: The son of Murad II, Mehmed the Conqueror, reorganized both state and military, and on 29 May 1453 conquered Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire. Mehmed allowed the Eastern Orthodox Church to maintain its autonomy and land in exchange for accepting Ottoman authority.
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Wednesday Oct 30, 1918 - Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
![Byzantine Empire-Justin I](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Justin I
518 - Byzantine Empire
![Byzantine Empire-Anastasius I](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Anastasius I
491 - Byzantine Empire
![Muhammad Ali of Egypt-Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Muhammad Ali Pasha](https://historydraft.com/files/7356dc4b-ae73-4385-8d0d-1433d0abbc13.160.webp)
Muhammad Ali of Egypt-Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi
Monday Jul 8, 1833 - Ottoman Empire
![Ottoman Empire-Sick man of Europe](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ottoman Empire Coat of arms](https://historydraft.com/files/dbd1fe86-6164-4d09-af47-a17ab6a7e6dc.160.webp)
Ottoman Empire-Sick man of Europe
19th Century - Ottoman Empire
![Ottoman Empire-Bankruptcy declaration](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ottoman Empire Coat of arms](https://historydraft.com/files/dbd1fe86-6164-4d09-af47-a17ab6a7e6dc.160.webp)
Ottoman Empire-Bankruptcy declaration
1875 - Ottoman Empire
![Ottoman Empire-Sultanate was abolished](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ottoman Empire Coat of arms](https://historydraft.com/files/dbd1fe86-6164-4d09-af47-a17ab6a7e6dc.160.webp)
Ottoman Empire-Sultanate was abolished
Wednesday Nov 1, 1922 - Ottoman Empire
![Ottoman Empire-Foreign Loans](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ottoman Empire Coat of arms](https://historydraft.com/files/dbd1fe86-6164-4d09-af47-a17ab6a7e6dc.160.webp)
Ottoman Empire-Foreign Loans
Oct, 1853 - Ottoman Empire
![Muhammad Ali of Egypt-Selim III was deposed and ultimately killed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Muhammad Ali Pasha](https://historydraft.com/files/7356dc4b-ae73-4385-8d0d-1433d0abbc13.160.webp)
Muhammad Ali of Egypt-Selim III was deposed and ultimately killed
Thursday Jul 28, 1808 - Ottoman Empire
![Selim III Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Selim III Birth
Thursday Dec 24, 1761 - Topkapı Palace
![Byzantine Empire-Empire division](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Empire division
395 - Roman Empire
![Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The Head of The Beyoğlu youth branch of The Islamist National Salvation Party (MSP)](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://historydraft.com/files/a44e5afd-a284-4035-a834-635d30dc2354.160.webp)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The Head of The Beyoğlu youth branch of The Islamist National Salvation Party (MSP)
1974 - Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
![NATO Establishment-Signing The Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty](/assets/placeholder.png)
![NATO flag](https://historydraft.com/files/1cd9c96f-9822-40c7-8271-461cc8067f3d.160.webp)
NATO Establishment-Signing The Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
Friday Nov 19, 1999 - Istanbul, Turkey
![Ahmad II Brith](/assets/placeholder.png)
Ahmad II Brith
Wednesday Feb 25, 1643 - Istanbul
![Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The Chair of The Istanbul city branch of The Islamist Welfare Party](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://historydraft.com/files/a44e5afd-a284-4035-a834-635d30dc2354.160.webp)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The Chair of The Istanbul city branch of The Islamist Welfare Party
1985 - Istanbul, Turkey
![Byzantine Empire-Bulgarian army laid siege to Constantinople](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Bulgarian army laid siege to Constantinople
924 - Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
![Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://historydraft.com/files/a44e5afd-a284-4035-a834-635d30dc2354.160.webp)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-Birth
Friday Feb 26, 1954 - Kasımpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
![Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The local Election of Istanbul](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://historydraft.com/files/a44e5afd-a284-4035-a834-635d30dc2354.160.webp)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The local Election of Istanbul
Sunday Mar 27, 1994 - Istanbul, Turkey
On This Day - 29 May
![Byzantine Empire-Constantinople fell to the Ottomans](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Constantinople fell to the Ottomans
Sunday May 29, 1453 - Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
![Napoleon-Josephine death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Napoleon Bonaparte](https://historydraft.com/files/9540a136-e5b1-4dfc-927d-e1c640099be7.160.webp)
Napoleon-Josephine death
Sunday May 29, 1814 - Rueil-Malmaison, Kingdom of France
![First Sino-Japanese War-Japanese Forces Occupied Taiwan's main Towns](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Sino-Japanese War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/aacb9a8d-7bd7-4b81-aefc-61d31bf8d10b.160.webp)
First Sino-Japanese War-Japanese Forces Occupied Taiwan's main Towns
Wednesday May 29, 1895 - Taiwan
![Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky Contracted Typhoid](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Igor Stravinsky](https://historydraft.com/files/1d5e0b7c-dac8-489f-8358-c0e8eb2582aa.160.webp)
Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky Contracted Typhoid
Thursday May 29, 1913 - Paris, France
![Armenian Genocide-Tehcir Law](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Armenian Genocide](https://historydraft.com/files/8a8b5b34-c0aa-4059-97f0-890cad79feb4.160.webp)
Armenian Genocide-Tehcir Law
Saturday May 29, 1915 - Istanbul, Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)
![John F. Kennedy-Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![J.F.Kennedy Image](https://historydraft.com/files/14a5c7ef-a577-4350-b668-55f96102b95e.160.webp)
John F. Kennedy-Birth
Tuesday May 29, 1917 - Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
![Red Summer-New London riot](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Photograph taken showing the body of Will Brown after being burned by a white lynch mob - Red Summer](https://historydraft.com/files/6aa27b14-0987-43d3-940b-010e01fab6de.160.webp)
Red Summer-New London riot
Thursday May 29, 1919 - New London, Connecticut, U.S.
![Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth's II baptized](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Queen Elizabeth II at NASA](https://historydraft.com/files/33b027d2-0635-4557-8078-3f1a9027d017.160.webp)
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth's II baptized
Saturday May 29, 1926 - York, England, United Kingdom
![First Indochina War-The Battle of the Day River](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Battle of the Day River
Tuesday May 29, 1951 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle disappeared](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle disappeared
Wednesday May 29, 1968 - France
![Diego Maradona-International debut](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Diego Maradona](https://historydraft.com/files/69cb92ce-82a4-4fb5-ae53-2b821dd59381.160.webp)
Diego Maradona-International debut
Thursday May 29, 1975 - Argentina
![Heysel Stadium Events-1985 European Cup Final](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heysel plan](https://historydraft.com/files/efaeac8a-212a-4a71-88d2-1ad134455ba5.160.webp)
Heysel Stadium Events-1985 European Cup Final
Wednesday May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
![Heysel Stadium Events-The trouble started](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heysel plan](https://historydraft.com/files/efaeac8a-212a-4a71-88d2-1ad134455ba5.160.webp)
Heysel Stadium Events-The trouble started
Wednesday May 29, 1985 at 05 PM - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
![Heysel Stadium Events-The Result](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heysel plan](https://historydraft.com/files/efaeac8a-212a-4a71-88d2-1ad134455ba5.160.webp)
Heysel Stadium Events-The Result
Wednesday May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
![Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Kremlin, Russia Image](https://historydraft.com/files/8a87fbca-3b8a-49a8-8ef1-42da7f137363.160.webp)
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR
Tuesday May 29, 1990 - Russia
![Warren Buffett-A Billionaire](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Warren Buffett](https://historydraft.com/files/def71184-ec34-4496-ab8c-71e8abb016b4.160.webp)
Warren Buffett-A Billionaire
Tuesday May 29, 1990 - U.S.
![NATO Establishment-Forming The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council](/assets/placeholder.png)
![NATO flag](https://historydraft.com/files/1cd9c96f-9822-40c7-8271-461cc8067f3d.160.webp)
NATO Establishment-Forming The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
Thursday May 29, 1997 - Sintra, Portugal
![Netflix-Initial public offering](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Netflix 2014 logo](https://historydraft.com/files/81c1d7a8-4a74-4b81-ac3a-89039b192268.160.webp)
Netflix-Initial public offering
Wednesday May 29, 2002 - U.S.
![SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-Canada takes serious quarantine step against SARS](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Virus Microscope Infection](https://historydraft.com/files/823ab888-1ae3-4e4a-a5ba-7b1f49162d57.160.webp)
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-Canada takes serious quarantine step against SARS
Thursday May 29, 2003 - Toronto, Canada
![James Bond-100th anniversary of Fleming's birth with new Writer](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Daniel Craig - Film Premiere "Spectre" - James Bond](https://historydraft.com/files/d61f4d86-8335-4c5c-9d71-a1bb8a50addd.160.webp)
James Bond-100th anniversary of Fleming's birth with new Writer
Thursday May 29, 2008 - London, England, United Kingdom
![2008 Sichuan earthquake-Government officials began inspecting the ruins of thousands of schools that collapsed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![2008 Sichuan earthquake](https://historydraft.com/files/17fc4dc6-b6ec-42e2-9817-ef9f3dc331c6.160.webp)
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Government officials began inspecting the ruins of thousands of schools that collapsed
Thursday May 29, 2008 - China
![David Cameron-Cameron stepped down as patron of the Jewish National Fund](/assets/placeholder.png)
![David Cameron Image](https://historydraft.com/files/ee1df55b-2ab2-4865-a9a3-fb0547a6cee6.160.webp)
David Cameron-Cameron stepped down as patron of the Jewish National Fund
Sunday May 29, 2011 - London, England
![Sepp Blatter-The 65th FIFA Congress In Zürich](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Sepp Blatter Image](https://historydraft.com/files/aa8accda-077c-4d09-80aa-dbf144966256.160.webp)
Sepp Blatter-The 65th FIFA Congress In Zürich
Friday May 29, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
![Huawei-Huawei Was once again Listed In The Associations](/assets/placeholder.png)
Huawei-Huawei Was once again Listed In The Associations
Wednesday May 29, 2019 - Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
![Narendra Damodardas Modi-Second Term](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Narendra Damodardas Modi Image](https://historydraft.com/files/89973c35-b802-49ed-95bd-d64ed818644e.160.webp)
Narendra Damodardas Modi-Second Term
Wednesday May 29, 2019 - India
![György Rákóczi's death](/assets/placeholder.png)
György Rákóczi's death
Saturday May 29, 1660 - Transylvania
![Establishment of The Royal Hospital (1692)](/assets/placeholder.png)
Establishment of The Royal Hospital (1692)
Thursday May 29, 1692 - London
![Charles II Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Charles II Birth
Wednesday May 29, 1630 - St James's
![Battle at La Hogue](/assets/placeholder.png)
Battle at La Hogue
Thursday May 29, 1692 - France
29 May 1453
![Byzantine Empire-Constantinople fell to the Ottomans](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Constantinople fell to the Ottomans
Sunday May 29, 1453 - Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
May 1453
![Byzantine Empire-Constantinople fell to the Ottomans](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Constantinople fell to the Ottomans
Sunday May 29, 1453 - Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
1453
![Mamluks-Al-Mansur Fakhr-ad-Din Uthman was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt in 1453](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mamluk lancers](https://historydraft.com/files/566b2704-40fe-44a5-a42c-ec6ad38f6174.160.webp)
Mamluks-Al-Mansur Fakhr-ad-Din Uthman was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt in 1453
Tuesday Feb 1, 1453 - Cairo, Egypt
![Mamluks-Sayf ad-Din Inal was the 13th Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mamluk lancers](https://historydraft.com/files/566b2704-40fe-44a5-a42c-ec6ad38f6174.160.webp)
Mamluks-Sayf ad-Din Inal was the 13th Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Tuesday Mar 15, 1453 - Cairo, Egypt
![Byzantine Empire-Sultan Mehmed's siege](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Sultan Mehmed's siege
Saturday Apr 2, 1453 - Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
![Byzantine Empire-Constantinople fell to the Ottomans](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Byzantine Empire](https://historydraft.com/files/eeee6ef9-dc6d-40e9-869d-4b0582aa2094.160.webp)
Byzantine Empire-Constantinople fell to the Ottomans
Sunday May 29, 1453 - Constantinople, Byzantine Empire