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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.
This is a timeline of Roman history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Roman Kingdom and Republic and the Roman and Byzantine Empires. To read about the background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire .
1453: Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks. End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire. 1453: The Hundred Years' War ends. England's once vast territory in France is now reduced to only Calais, which they eventually lose control of as well. 1455: 22 May: Battle of St. Albans
1453 1453 Fall of Constantinople Ottoman Empire Byzantine Empire Republic of Genoa: 1453 1454 Morea revolt of 1453–1454: Despotate of the Morea: Peasants 1453 1454 Percy–Neville feud: House of Neville: House of Percy: 1454 1466 Thirteen Years' War (1454–66) Prussian Confederation. Kingdom of Poland. Teutonic State: 1454 1519 Flower war ...
1453: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury attempts to retake Gascony, but is defeated by Jean Bureau at the Battle of Castillon. The Battle of Castillon is generally considered the end of the Hundred Years' War as Henry VI's insanity and the Wars of the Roses left England in no position to wage war in France. However Calais remained an English ...
1453 Fall of Constantinople, overrun by Ottoman Empire; 1455 Gutenberg Bible, first printed Bible, by Johann Gutenberg; 1473–1481 Sistine Chapel built; 1478 Spanish Inquisition established by Pope Sixtus IV; 1483 Martin Luther born in Eisleben; 1484 December 5, Summis desiderantes against Witchcraft issued by Pope Innocent VIII
The Battle of Castillon was a battle between the forces of England and France which took place on 17 July 1453 in Gascony near the town of Castillon-sur-Dordogne (later Castillon-la-Bataille). On the day of the battle, the English commander, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury , believing that the enemy was retreating, led his army in an attack ...