1453

This page is for year 1453 of the Julian calendar and marks the end of the Middle Ages.

May 29 : Fall of Constantinople , National Library of France. For some historians , this event marks the end of the Middle Ages and the advent of the modern era in Europe.

July 17 : Battle of Castillon

• January 5 : Failed plot Porcari to Rome .
• January 6 : The Austria was built in archduchy .
  • Majority of Ladislas V the Posthumous , who becomes archduke of Austria (January) and king of Hungary (February).

• February 13 , Buda, Ladislaus the Posthumous was acknowledged king of Hungary .
  • John Hunyadi abandon the title of governor of Hungary and was appointed captain-general and captain Nndorfehrvr , then Count of Temes . A few months later, the king entrusted the responsibility of the affairs of Hungary Hunyadi, those of Austria Ulrich Cillei and those of Bohemia to George of Podiebrady.

• April 2 : Mehmet II appeared before Constantinople with a powerful army . He faces stiff resistance but the use of modern guns and boats came to the end of the city's defenses.
• April 20 : Battle of the Bosphorus .
• April 22 : The Ottoman fleet anchored in the Golden Horn .

• May 29
  • capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire ; end of Eastern Roman Empire (called Byzantine since). Constantine XI Palaeologus who led the defense falls during the final assault .
    • Europe had sent only 400 soldiers. Venice , located in Pera , on the other side of the Golden Horn , said he was neutral. Turks annexed the cities of Venice at the southern Aegean. Venice plans to annex the Morea after the fall of Constantinople, then waived for fear of complications with the Turks. Genoa lost its counter Pera , opposite Constantinople.
    • After the fall of Constantinople, the Armenians of the Turkish side were reorganized under the domination of the Armenian bishop of Bursa , Joachim (Hovakim), who assumes the title of patriarch . They get a great religious autonomy, culture and politics.
  • Condemnation Jacques Heart at Lusignan . Its property is sequestered, and the palace he built at Bourges became the possession of the king.

• June 2 : The constable Alvaro de Luna , Minister John II of Castile , overthrown, is executed at Valladolid .
• June 16 : Philip the Good , duke of Burgundy offers the lordship of Beaumont to Antoine de Croy in compensation for the financial contribution of it to the war he engaged in Ghent . Sadly, Tommy can not enjoy his lordship in 1472 because it was confiscated by the Count of Charolais (later Charles the Bold ).

• July 10 : The Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire Khalil Pasha was executed at Adrianople . Angelovic Mahmud Pasha succeeded him (1453 - 1468 and 1472 - 1473 ).
• July 17 : Army French outweighs the English at the Battle of Castillon , and ends the Hundred Years War ( 1337 - 1453) . Conquest of Guyenne by Xaintrailles.
• July 23 : Dmitri Chemyaka is poisoned Novgorod .
• August 4 : Creating the Parliament of the Dauphin .

• August :
  • Mehmet II requires a toll of Moldova .
  • Conflict between John Hunyadi and Wallachia .

• September 30 : Pope Nicolas V preached a crusade against the Turks .

• October 9 : Capitulation of Bordeaux . Charles VII of France lifts restrictions opposed the lowering of the High Country wines at Bordeaux. Before the collapse of the Bordeaux trade, the restriction is brought into force on 11 April 1454 .
• October 19 : The French enter Bordeaux , ending three centuries of British presence in the city. The English did not retain more than Calais in France .
• October 28 : Ladislas V the Posthumous was crowned king of Bohemia in Prague .

• Busca the city seized power in Barcelona and began to implement its reform program. Two opposing factions: the Busca ("straw"), which includes corporations of merchants and craftsmen calling for protectionist measures and the devaluation to reduce debt and boost business. The Biga, "the beam, representing the great merchants who want the stability to guarantee their investments. La Busca, victorious, appeals to the king, and the Catalan peasants, struggling with their lords. The conflict leads to civil war (1462-1472) .
• Beginning of the reign of Uzun Hasan , Sultan of Ak Koyunlu (completed in 1478 ). The Ak Koyunlu extend at the expense of Kara Koyunlu .

Births in 1453

• October 13 : Edward of Westminster , Prince of Wales.

Deaths in 1453

• May 29 : Constantine XI Palaeologus , last Byzantine emperor.
• July 17 : John Talbot died in the Battle of Castillon
• December 24 : John Dunstable , English composer (born c. 1390 ).

References

• Portal Renaissance
• Gateway to the Modern Era
• Portal of the late Middle Ages

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