6th April » Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
20th April » The last naval battle in Byzantine Empire or Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn.
29th May » Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman Empire called Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror or Mehmed II Fatih captures Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
Famous Birthdays in 1453
1st September » Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
13th October » Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (d. 1471)
Famous Deaths in History for 1453
28th February » Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)
29th May » Ulubatlı Hasan, Ottoman commander (b. 1428)
29th May » Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1404)
4th June » Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander
17th July » John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1387)
20th July » Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French author (b. 1400)
24th December » John Dunstaple, English composer (b. 1390)