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1432 Born
1444 Murad II
, Sultan
of the Ottoman Empire
abdicates in favor of his son Mehmed II following his defeat in the Battle of Jalowaz.
1446 Mehmed II Sultan
of the Ottoman Empire
is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II
by the Janissaries
.
1451 Murad II
, Sultan
of the Ottoman Empire
dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.
1453 Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople
(Istanbul
).
1453 Fall of Constantinople
to Ottoman
Sultan
Mehmed II the Conqueror, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire
(Eastern Roman Empire).
1456 July 22. Battle of Belgrade. The Hungarians under John Hunyadi
rout the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II. The noon bell ordered by Pope Callixtus III
commemorates the victory throughout the Christian world. (Hence the noon bell is still rung to this day.)
1461 The Empire of Trebizond
, the last major Romano-Greek outpost falls to the Ottoman Empire
under Mehmed II after a siege of 21 days.
1462 Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in the Night Attack, and the latter is forced to retreat from Wallachia
.
1473 Ottoman
sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli
1476 Vlad III Dracula manages to become reigning Prince of Wallachia
for the third and last time before being assassinated by decapitation. His head is sent to his old enemy Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire
.
1481 Mehmed II, Sultan
of the Ottoman Empire
dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II.
1481 Died
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