Mehmed II Timeline

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30 Mar 1432

Mehmed II is born.
1437

Mehmed II is appointed governor of Amasya.
1444

Mehmed II inherits the throne after Sultan Murad II abdicates.
10 Nov 1444

Murad II resumes defeats Crusader forces at the Battle of Varna.
1451 - 1481

Mehmed II rules as the Sultan.
5 Feb 1451

Mehmed II succeeds Murad as sultan following his death.
31 Aug 1452

Construction of fortress Rumelihisari is complete.
6 Apr 1453

Siege of Constantinople begins.
29 May 1453

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II sacks Constantinople.
1454 - 1459

Ottoman campaigns in Serbia.
1456

Ottoman forces besiege Trebizond.
22 Jul 1456

Mehmed II is dealt his first major defeat at the Siege of Belgrade.
1461

Ottoman forces under Sultan Mehmed II capture Trebizond, ending the Empire of Trebizond.
1461

David Megas Komnenos, the last Emperor of Trebizond, is deposed by the Ottomans.
1463 - 1479

The Ottomans fight a long war against the Venetians over their possessions in the Aegean.
c. 1463 - 1470

The Mosque of the Conqueror is constructed in Constantinople.
1465

Mehmed II oversees construction of Topkapi Palace, the new seat of his empire.
3 May 1481

Mehmed II falls ill during a military expedition and subsequently dies, leading to the succession of his eldest son Bayezid II to the throne.

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