Fall of Constantinople

Date: May 29, 1453 • Location: Fatih, Turkey

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1453.

With the fall of Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottomans.

Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, was captured by the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April.