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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)
Pages in category "People of the Hundred Years' War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 267 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[4] [5] April 18 – Ottoman forces, led by Sultan Mehmed II, launch their first assault against Constantinople. [6] May 29 – Ottoman forces capture Constantinople, destroying the Byzantine Empire. [7] June 14 – Ludovico Gonzaga of Mantua defends the city against Venetian forces led by his brother Carlo. [8] July 9 – The Giant Bible of ...
William Kyd (fl. 1430 –1453) was a 15th-century English pirate active in South West England from the 1430s until the 1450s. He and others, such as John Mixtow, William Aleyn and Clays Stephen, acted under virtual immunity from the law for over two decades while under the protection of corrupt custom officials.
1453. March – Parliament grants Henry generous taxes and condemns past rebels. [2] 17 July – Hundred Years' War: at the Battle of Castillon, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed. [1] 10 August – The King becomes mentally unstable; his cousin Richard, Duke of York acts as regent. [1]
Bernardin Palaj (20 October 1894 — 8 December 1947) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, folklorist and poet. Painting of St. Laura of Constantinople Vinçenc Prennushi (born Nikoll Prendushi , 4 September 1885 – 19 March 1949) was an Albanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and he served as the Archbishop of ...
Jacques was born to the prominent Lalaing family in the County of Hainaut, the eldest son of Guillaume de Lalaing and Jeanne de Crequy.Jacques had three brothers: John who was provost of Saint-Lambert's Cathedral in Liege, Philippe who was a godson of Philip the Good, and Antoine who was killed by the Swiss while fighting for the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold.