Fall of Constantinople
1453
Ottoman forces capture the Byzantine capital.
- Type
- Battle
- Date
- 1453
- Place
- Constantinople
Who was alive during Fall of Constantinople
- Donatello c. 1386–1466, sculptor
- Cosimo de' Medici 1389–1464, banker
- Gendün Drubpa 1391–1474, Buddhist leader
- Henry the Navigator 1394–1460, prince
- Fra Angelico c. 1395–1455, painter
- Jacques Cœur c. 1395–1456, merchant
- Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400–1468, printer
- Tomás de Torquemada 1420–1498, inquisitor
- Vlad the Impaler c. 1428–c. 1477, ruler
- Mehmed II 1432–1481, sultan
- Donato Bramante 1444–1514, architect
- Sandro Botticelli c. 1445–1510, painter
- Lorenzo de' Medici 1449–1492, ruler
- Bartolomeu Dias c. 1450–1500, explorer
- Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450–1516, painter
- John Cabot c. 1450–c. 1500, explorer
- Christopher Columbus c. 1451–1506, explorer
- Isabella I of Castile 1451–1504, queen
- Leonardo da Vinci 1452–1519, polymath