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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.
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)
Prominent examples from 1453 include Balthasar Mandelreiß's poem Türkenschrei, commissioned by the Holy Roman imperial court, and Michael Beheim's song-poem Von den Türken und dem adel sagt dis. [34] Pope Nicholas V called for a crusade against the Ottoman Empire, issuing a crusading bull on September 30. [12]
At the onset of the siege, probably fewer than 50,000 people were living within the walls, including the refugees from the surrounding area. [52] [note 5] Turkish commander Dorgano, who was in Constantinople working for the Emperor, was also guarding one of the quarters of the city on the seaward side with the Turks in his pay. These Turks kept ...
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 deciding the battle. 1453: Reign of Rajasawardhana ends. [11] 1454–1466: After defeating the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War, Poland annexes Royal Prussia.
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 ...
The references shown above for the First Crusade generally cover the People's Crusade as well. [14] [15] Crusade of 1101. The Crusade of 1101 (1101–1102) was also called the Crusade of the Faint-Hearted. Campaigns that followed the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 that were generally ignored by 18th and 19th century historians.
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