May 29th 1453
Europe mobilized to retake Constantinople soon after
May 29, 1453 with the fall of Constantinople (now Istanbul) to the Turks
Nowhere, it remained in Constantinople, and is still there today.
Yes, yes it was. Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. (I highly doubt it will ever go back. Constantinople got the works, and it was no one's business but the Turks.) On May 29th, 1453, Byzantium (Greek)- which was then Constantinople (Roman), was captured by the Turkish Sultan Mahmud II. then it became Constantinople.
Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
the Ottoman Turks.
Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
The Turks
Turks took Constantinople on May 29th 1453.
Constantinople fell the The Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Desire of Europeans to find alternative routes to the East, not controlled by Muslim traders.
The Ottoman Turks.