Fall of Constantinople

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

Summary

Fall of Constantinople is a siege[1]. It ranks in the top 0.21% of siege entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,980 views/month, #3 of 1,415).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fall of Constantinople is in the country of Byzantine Empire[3].
  • Fall of Constantinople's instance of is recorded as siege[4].
  • Fall of Constantinople's instance of is recorded as battle[5].
  • Fall of Constantinople's instance of is recorded as conquest[6].
  • Fall of Constantinople took place at Constantinople[7].
  • Fall of Constantinople is part of Byzantine–Ottoman wars[8].
  • Fall of Constantinople is part of Ottoman Wars in Europe[9].
  • Fall of Constantinople's Commons category is recorded as Fall of Constantinople (1453)[10].
  • Fall of Constantinople began on April 6, 1453[11].
  • Fall of Constantinople ended on May 29, 1453[12].
  • Fall of Constantinople's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.03, 'lon': 28.935}[13].
  • A participant in Fall of Constantinople was Ottoman Empire[14].
  • Among those involved in Fall of Constantinople was Byzantine Empire[15].
  • Fall of Constantinople's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fall of Constantinople[16].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[17].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[18].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[19].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[20].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[21].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[22].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[23].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[24].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[25].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[26].
  • Fall of Constantinople's different from is recorded as Siege of Constantinople[27].

Body

When and Where

Fall of Constantinople began on April 6, 1453[11]. It ended on May 29, 1453[12]. It took place at Constantinople[7]. It is in the country of Byzantine Empire[3].

Context

Part of include Byzantine–Ottoman wars[8], a war[28] and Ottoman Wars in Europe[9], a series of wars[29], in Ottoman Empire[30]. Recorded instance of include siege[4], battle[5], and conquest[6].

Participants

Recorded participant include Ottoman Empire[14] and Byzantine Empire[15].

Why It Matters

Fall of Constantinople ranks in the top 0.21% of siege entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,980 views/month, #3 of 1,415).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d 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"
  2. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    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 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565293305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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