Mehmed II

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Sources

1. BookApril Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici
2. BookLeonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind

Relations

parent of:

• Bayezid II

  Sources: The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300–1600, Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923

child of:

• Murad II

  Sources: The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300–1600, Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923

member of:

• Ottoman dynasty

  Sources: Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923, Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire

enemy of:

• Constantine XI

  Sources: The Fall of Constantinople 1453, Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923

• Giovanni Giustiniani

  Sources: The Fall of Constantinople 1453

• John Hunyadi

  Sources: Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923, Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire

built:

• Rumeli HisarıApr 1452 O.S. – 31 Aug 1452 O.S.

  Sources: The Fall of Constantinople 1453, Historic Areas of Istanbul

conquered:

• Constantinoplesince 29 May 1453 O.S.

  Sources: Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration, The Age of Reconnaissance: Discovery, Exploration and Settlement, 1450–1650

painted by:

• Gentile Bellinisince 1480 O.S.

  Sources: Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923, Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire

ruled:

• Ottoman EmpireFeb 1451 O.S. – 3 May 1481 O.S.

  Sources: The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300–1600, Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923

Appears in13 items

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  Leonardo da Vinci1 item
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    A hanged conspirator, drawn from life29 Dec 1479 O.S.
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  The Age of Discovery1 item
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    Fall of Constantinople29 May 1453 O.S.
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  The Byzantine Empire4 items
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    Rumeli Hisarı finished · builder31 Aug 1452 O.S.
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    The siege of 1453 · sultan6 Apr 1453 O.S.
  • Ottoman ships dragged over land22 Apr 1453 O.S.
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    The fall of Constantinople · conqueror29 May 1453 O.S.
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  The Ottoman Empire7 items
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    Mehmed II, the ConquerorFeb 1451 O.S.
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    Rumeli Hisarı cuts the Bosporus31 Aug 1452 O.S.
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    Siege of Constantinople · commander6 Apr 1453 O.S.
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    Ships hauled overland into the Golden Horn22 Apr 1453 O.S.
  • The classical age29 May 1453 O.S.
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    Constantinople falls20 Jumada al-Ula 857 AH
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    Belgrade taken29 Aug 1521 O.S.