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29th May 1453: Sultan Mehmed II conquers Constantinople and defeats the Byzantine Empire

29th May 2023
Tagged as: 1453, Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, Mehmed II, Ottoman, Turkey

The troops of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II successfully took control of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

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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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29th May 1453: Sultan Mehmed II conquers Constantinople and defeats the Byzantine Empire

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

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