This Day in History: 1453-05-29
1453: Ottoman Turk armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Eastern Roman Empire — less than 40 years before Columbus’s voyage in 1492.
1453: Ottoman Turk armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Eastern Roman Empire — less than 40 years before Columbus’s voyage in 1492.