Historical Events
Fall of Constantinople
May 29 Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror, ending the Byzantine Empire after 1100 years
- May 29 French banker Jacques Coeur's possessions confiscated
Famous Deaths
- May 29 Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine Emperor (1449-53), dies in final defense of Constantinople against the Ottoman Turks at 49
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