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Sieges of Constantinople
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- For the final siege of Constantinople, see Fall of Constantinople
There were at least 24 sieges of Constantinople during the history of the Byzantine Empire. Two sieges resulted in the capture of Constantinople from Greek rule: in 1204 by crusaders, and in 1453 by the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II. One resulted in the capture of Constantinople from Latin (Crusader) rule by the Greeks of Nicaea under Michael VIII Palaiologos.
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- The First Siege of Constantinople by Avars and Sassanid Persians in 626
- The First Arab Siege in 674-678
- The Second Arab Siege in 717-718
- An attack by soldiers of the First Crusade in 1097
- The First Siege of the Fourth Crusade in 1203, in which the Byzantines resisted.
- The successful Second Siege of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, in which the Byzantines surrendered.
- The First Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1390)
- The Second Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1395)
- The Third Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1397)
- The Fourth Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1400)
- The Fifth Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1422)
- The Sixth Ottoman Siege and Fall of Constantinople in 1453