Isidore of Kiev switched clothes with a corpse in order to survive this event unnoticed. Gennadius Scholarius was ordained Patriarch three days after this event, at which troops from Chios were led by Giovanni Giustiniani. At this event, one commander besieged the Platean Wall by dragging his navy across Elaia to circumvent the chain drawn across the Golden Horn. The victors in this battle used Basilic bombards designed by Orban. After enemy troops took control of the Ke
Isidore of Kiev switched clothes with a corpse in order to survive this event unnoticed. Gennadius Scholarius was ordained Patriarch three days after this event, at which troops from Chios were led by Giovanni Giustiniani. At this event, one commander besieged the Platean Wall by dragging his navy across Elaia to circumvent the chain drawn across the Golden Horn. The victors in this battle used Basilic bombards designed by Orban. After enemy troops took control of the Kerkoporta during this event, Constantine XI led a cavalry charge against the invading janissaries. For 10 points, name this event in which Mehmed II successfully invaded the Byzantine capital.
Isidore of Kiev switched clothes with a corpse in order to survive this event unnoticed.
Fall of Constantinople [or Ottoman conquest of Constantinople; or second Ottoman siege of Constantinople; accept 1453 or Mehmed II or Mehmed the Conqueror for "Ottomans" before mentioned; or İstanbul'un Fethi; or Alōsē tēs Kōnstantinoupolēs; accept other obvious equivalents; prompt on "Ottoman conquest of the Byzantine Empire" before mentioned]