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The Entry of Mehmed II into Constantinople.Work by French contemporary painter Benjamin-Constant.. Year 1453 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1453rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 453rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 15th century, and the 4th year of the 1450s decade.
The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire.The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 55-day siege which had begun on 6 April.
Simonetta Cattaneo was born around 1453 in a part of the Republic of Genoa that is now in the Italian region of Liguria. [2] A more precise location for her birthplace is unknown: possibly the city of Genoa, [3] or perhaps either Portovenere or Fezzano (nowadays included in the municipality of Portovenere). [4]
Madonna del Ceppo (1452-1453) Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus (from predella c.1445-1450) Andrea Mantegna. Adoration of the Shepherds (c.1450-1451) Crucifixion (1447-1459) Presentation at the Temple (c.1453-1455) Portrait of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan (1459-1460) St. James Led to His Execution (c.1455) (lost)
1453: The Fall of Constantinople marks the end of the Byzantine Empire and the death of the last Roman Emperor Constantine XI and the beginning of the Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire. 1453 : The Battle of Castillon is the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War and the first battle in European history where cannons were a major factor in ...
Events from the year 1453 in France. Incumbents. Painting depicting the Battle of Castillon. Monarch – Charles VII [1] Events.
The Hundred Years' War (French: Guerre de Cent Ans; 1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England .
The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 demonstrated the beginning of a new phase of Ottoman expansion under Sultan Mehmed II. [122] In two years, he occupied Serbia and decided to take Belgrade (Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár), the key fort at Hungary's southern frontier.