Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1453. This year saw 7 significant events.
Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople (now Istanbul), which falls on May 29
Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror, ending the Byzantine Empire after 1,100 years
Archduke (feminine: archduchess; German: Erzherzog, feminine form: Erzherzogin) was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of...
Ottoman Turks transport their first ships overland into the Golden Horn, bypassing the chain barrier protecting Constantinople
41 Jewish martyrs burned at stake at Breslau
Battle of Castillon: French army beats English force under John Talbot, turning point of the Hundred Years' War
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, and also the Cousins' War, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for...
Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople (now Istanbul), which falls on May 29
Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror, ending the Byzantine Empire after 1,100 years
Archduke (feminine: archduchess; German: Erzherzog, feminine form: Erzherzogin) was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of...
Ottoman Turks transport their first ships overland into the Golden Horn, bypassing the chain barrier protecting Constantinople
41 Jewish martyrs burned at stake at Breslau
Battle of Castillon: French army beats English force under John Talbot, turning point of the Hundred Years' War
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, and also the Cousins' War, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for...