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Conquest of Constantinople فتح القسطنطينية

Mehmed II takes the city after 53 days of siege; eleven centuries of Byzantium end and Istanbul begins.

20 Jumādā al-Ūlā 857 AH29 May 1453DayAttestedOttoman · Anatolia · Conquest
Events whose proleptic Gregorian date falls on this calendar day. Hijri stays canonical for early Islamic history; modern entries were recorded in Gregorian.