The siege of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Mehmed II begins. After a nearly two-month siege, the Ottomans captured the city on May 29, 1453, bringing about the end of the Byzantine Empire and the beginning of the Ottoman Empire's rule over the city, which was renamed Istanbul.
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