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This is a list of notable people from the city of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) between the third century and 1453 CE. For a list of people born before the third century CE, see Notable people from Byzantium. For a list of people born after 1453, see List of people from Istanbul.
Year 1453 was a common year ... they worsened in 1453, and people resorted to famine foods such as the roots of wild plants, corn silk, and agave. Some sold ...
List of famous Transylvanian personalities by era and by birth date. The list contains people who born or lived in Transylvania. ... Orban (–1453), Hungarian iron ...
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors (symbasileis) who never attained the status of sole or senior ruler, as well as of the various usurpers ...
c. 1410–1453 7 May 1453 (elected) Not Installed; died at Battle of Castillon [1] [2] 173 John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury: 1413–1460 bef. 13 May 1457 (elected) 14 May (installed) 174 Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley: c. 1405–1459 bef. 13 May 1457 (elected) 14 May (installed) 175 Lionel Welles, 6th Baron Welles: 1406–1461 bef. 13 May ...
The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 55-day siege which had begun on 6 April. The attacking Ottoman Army , which significantly outnumbered Constantinople's defenders, was commanded by the 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II (later nicknamed "the Conqueror"), while the Byzantine army was led by Emperor Constantine XI ...
Giovanni Giustiniani Longo (Greek: Ιωάννης Λόγγος Ιουστινιάνης, romanized: Iōánnēs Lóngos Ioustiniánēs; Latin: Ioannes Iustinianus Longus; 1418 – 1 June 1453) was a Genoese nobleman, mercenary captain, and defender of Constantinople during its siege in 1453. He was instrumental in its defense and commanded 700 ...
People of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. E. Edward III of England (5 C, 56 P) F ...