On May 29, 1453, Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, was captured by the Turks. In 1736 American patriot Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Va. In 1790 Rhode Island ratified the ...

Constantinople. The City of the World’s Desire. The largest city in Christendom for nearly a thousand years. Surprisingly few remember this grand city, capital of two of history’s greatest empires: ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

The Byzantine Empire considered itself to be the caretaker of the Christian religion. The emperor was chosen by God and God had chosen the empire as the wheel to spread Christianity. Christianity was ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

On May 29, 1453, Ottoman forces, under the leadership of Mehmet II, concluded their long and bloody siege of Constantinople by storming the city and overtaking it. According to Crowley, who works in ...

Five hundred and sixty-six years ago this month, a unique military battle took place at the magnificent city of Constantinople – now Istanbul, Turkey – that destroyed its seemingly impenetrable ...

GREEKS still consider Tuesday an unlucky day. May 29th 1453, was a Tuesday; the day that Constantinople, the place they called—and often still call—the queen of cities, or simply “the city” was ...

Considering it took place some 500 years ago, the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 feels like it happened only yesterday -- at least in Istanbul. In recent years, an Ottoman history magazine ...

More recently than you might think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Istanbul is a rare place. It's the only city to straddle ...