Mehmed the Conqueror Dies: Ottoman Empire Builder Gone
He was 21 when he conquered Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and a thousand years of Roman succession. Mehmed the Conqueror had tried before at 18 and failed. He came back three years later with a fleet of 126 ships and an army of 80,000. The city fell on May 29, 1453. He then spent the rest of his reign building an empire from the Aegean to the Black Sea. He died in 1481 at 49, probably poisoned. His personal library held works in six languages.
May 3, 1481
545 years ago
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