Byzantine Empire - Sultan Mehmed's siege

Time: Saturday Apr 2, 1453

Place: Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

Details: Constantinople by this stage was underpopulated and dilapidated. The population of the city had collapsed so severely that it was now little more than a cluster of villages separated by fields. On 2 April 1453, Sultan Mehmed's army of 80,000 men and large numbers of irregulars laid siege to the city.

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