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Fall of Constantinople

1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire
Event siege Q160077
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Summary

Fall of Constantinople is a siege[1]. It ranks in the top 0.21% of siege entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,009 views/month, #3 of 1,415).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Byzantine Empire[3]
  • Instance of: battle[4], conquest[5]
  • Location: Constantinople[6]
  • Part of: Byzantine–Ottoman wars[7], Ottoman Wars in Europe[8]
  • Commons category: Fall of Constantinople (1453)[9]
  • Start time: April 6, 1453[10]
  • End time: May 29, 1453[11]
  • Participant: Ottoman Empire[12], Byzantine Empire[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fall of Constantinople[14]
  • Different from: Siege of Constantinople[15], Fall of Constantinople[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

Fall of Constantinople has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Giovanni Giustiniani Konstantinos XI Palaiologos

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · CameoJewel · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["HistoricalEvent", "ByzantineEmpireEnds"]
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["HistoricalEvent", "ByzantineEmpireEnds"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53924897|Fall of Constantinople (#53924897)]] in"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0272975-oblehani-Konstantinopole-1453-Istanbul-Turecko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0272975-oblehani-Konstantinopole-1453-Istanbul-Turecko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 20w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Byzantine Empire
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33907|batch #33907]]: Fall of Constantinople"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Instance of → siege, battle, conquest
    Location → Constantinople
    Country → Byzantine Empire
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007565293305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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