WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1453
Find out what all happened February to August 1453

Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captures Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. (29. May 1453)

Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony. (17. July 1453)

Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29. (6. April 1453)

The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn. (20. April 1453)

The Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II begins the siege of Constantinople. (2. April 1453)

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