Conquest of Constantinople (1453)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Conquest_of_Constantinople_(1453)
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fall_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:casualties Thousands killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Mehmed_II
gptkbp:date 29 May 1453
gptkbp:followedBy Ottoman expansion into the Balkans
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Transformation_of_Constantinople_into_Istanbul
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Breaching_of_Theodosian_Walls
Use of large cannons
Naval blockade
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)
gptkbp:result Ottoman victory
gptkbp:significance gptkb:End_of_the_Byzantine_Empire
Beginning of Ottoman dominance in southeastern Europe
Marked the end of the Middle Ages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Istanbul,_Turkey
gptkb:Fatih_Sultan_Mehmed
gptkb:Fatih_Sultan_Mehmet
gptkb:Mehmed_II
gptkb:Sultan_Mehmed_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Conquest of Constantinople (1453)