ON THIS DAY
- Battles & Sieges
- 1453 (573 years ago) (28 May) Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror prepared his troops for the final assault on the city of Constantinople as the sun began to sink towards the western horizon. At about half-past one in the morning (01:30 AM) on 29 May, the Sultan gave the order for the assault.
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