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Siege of Constantinople

Siege of Constantinople was a siege conducted on 18 February 1411 at Constantinople, in what is now Turkey. It was part of Ottoman Interregnum, which ran from 1402 to 1413. The recorded result: Byzantine victory; Siege lifted.

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A map of Constantinople in Buondelmonti’s Liber Insularum Archipelagi. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Cartes et Plans, Ge FF 9351 Rés., fol. 37r.
A map of Constantinople in Buondelmonti’s Liber Insularum Archipelagi. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Cartes et Plans, Ge FF 9351 Rés., fol. 37r.. Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought18 February 1411
WhereConstantinople, Turkey41.012N, 28.976E
OutcomeByzantine victory; Siege lifted
BelligerentsByzantine EmpireagainstOttoman Empire
Part ofOttoman Interregnum1402 to 1413

Where it sits in Ottoman Interregnum

Battle of Kosmidion, 1410Siege of Constantinople, 1411Battle of Çamurlu, 141314101413Siege of Constantinople, 1411
3 placed engagements of Ottoman Interregnum in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date18 February 1411
to 1411
PlaceConstantinople, Turkey
41.012N, 28.976E
KindSiege, medieval
Commanders
  • Musa Çelebi
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 43 times between 510 BC and 1453.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1411

Siege of Constantinople is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16827799, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Constantinople (1411), revision 1370740367, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.