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27th December 537: Hagia Sophia inaugurated by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and Patriarch Menas of Constantinople

  • 27th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Church, Constantinople, Islam, Istanbul, Justinian II, Mehmed II, Mosque, Religion

Hagia Sophia’s long history saw it serve as both a Greek Orthodox cathedral and a Roman Catholic cathedral, before Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II in 1453.

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5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

  • 5th June 2020
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Constantinople, Europe, France, Paris, Railway, Train, Transport, Transportation, Travel
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The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.

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19th May 1919: Mustafa Kemal arrives in Samsun and begins the Turkish War of Independence

  • 19th May 2019
  • Tagged as: Attaturk, Constantinople, First World War, Mustafa Kemal, Turkey, Turkish War of Independence

The Turkish War of Independence began when General Mustafa Kemal Pasha, the Inspector of the Ottoman 9th Army and later known as Atatürk, arrived at the town of Samsun on the Black Sea Coast.

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