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The Sack of Constantinople that took place in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade caused the city to fall and to be established as the capital of the Latin Empire. It also sent the Byzantine imperial dynasty to exile, who founded the Empire of Nicaea. Constantinople came under Byzantine rule again in 1261 who ruled for nearly two centuries.
Siege of Constantinople (674–678) Siege of Constantinople (717–718) Siege of Constantinople (821–822) Siege of Constantinople (860) Rus'–Byzantine War (941) Siege of Constantinople (1047) Siege of Constantinople (1203) Sack of Constantinople; Siege of Constantinople (1235) Siege of Constantinople (1260) Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402)
474 AD: Great Fire of Constantinople [1] 532 AD: Nika Riots and Fire of Constantinople; 537 AD: Completion of the Hagia Sophia by Justinian I [2] [3] [4] 626 AD: First siege of Constantinople; 674–678 AD: First Arab siege of Constantinople; 717–718 AD: Second Arab siege of Constantinople; 1204 AD: Sack of Constantinople; 1261 AD: Reconquest ...
The struggle for Constantinople [1] [2] [3] was a complex series of conflicts following the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, fought between the Latin Empire established by the Crusaders, various Byzantine successor states, and foreign powers such as the Second Bulgarian Empire and Sultanate of Rum, for control of Constantinople and supremacy ...
Umayyads defeat Byzantine forces after the defection of 20,000 Slav soldiers. 695: Battle of Dorestad: Franks under Pepin of Herstal defeat Frisians. 698: Battle of Carthage: After a surprise attack of Byzantine forces on Carthage, Umayyad forces take back the city with very heavy losses. Battle of Meskiana
List of battles of the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648); Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815); List of American Civil War battles (1861–1865)
This category includes historical battles in which the Latin Empire (1204–1261) participated. ... Battle of Constantinople (1241) Siege of Constantinople (1260)
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.