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  2. Constantinople - Wikipedia

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    Constantinople [a] (see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman empires between its consecration in 330 until 1930, when it was renamed to Istanbul.

  3. Byzantine calendar - Wikipedia

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    Today; Monday: Gregorian calendar: ... the Creation Era of Constantinople or the Era of the World ... he is not concerned about the day of the week, the month-date, ...

  4. Calendar date - Wikipedia

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    A calendar date is a reference to a particular day represented within a calendar system. The calendar date allows the specific day to be identified. The number of days between two dates may be calculated. For example, "25 February 2025" is ten days after "15 February 2025". The date of a particular event depends on the observed time zone.

  5. Wikipedia:Current date and time - Wikipedia

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    Today is Monday, February 3, 2025. The time is 08:47 (UTC). This page ... Wikipedia: Current date and time. 1 language ...

  6. Fall of Constantinople - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    Constantinople remained the most common name ... the Greek population of Istanbul decreased from 110,000 in 1919 to 2,500 today. ... The minarets date from ...

  8. Byzantium - Wikipedia

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    The date is usually given as 667 BC on the authority of Herodotus, who states the city was founded 17 years after Chalcedon. Eusebius, who wrote almost 800 years later, dates the founding of Chalcedon to 685/4 BC, but he also dates the founding of Byzantium to 656 BC (or a few years earlier depending on the edition).

  9. List of sieges of Constantinople - Wikipedia

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    Topographical map of Constantinople during the Byzantine period, corresponding to the modern-day Fatih district of Istanbul. The city was known as Byzantium under Roman Empire. Constantinople (today part of Istanbul, Turkey) was built on the land that links Europe to Asia through Bosporus and connects the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.