may 29, 1453 - Constantinople falls to the Turks
Description:
The day that Sultan Mehmed II, the ruller of the Ottoman Turks, had finally taken down Constantinople with his troop of between 100,000-150,000 men, it took fifty days of their siege on the capital, but the city was no match for their war like tactics and crumbled in the end.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 29, 1453
Now
~ 571 years ago
