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May 29, 1453. The Fall of Constantinople
May 29, 1453. The Fall of Constantinople and the end of the Eastern Roman Empire which fell to Sultan Mehmed Il and the Ottoman Turks. The Eastern Roman Empire stood for over 1,000 years and Constantine XI Paelalaigos was its last Roman Emperor. Constantine the Great moved the Roman Imperial capital from Rome to Constantinople in 330 AD.