The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Trebizond" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Trebizond">Empire of Trebizond</a> surrenders to the forces of Sultan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mehmed II">Mehmed II</a>. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>. Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_of_Trebizond" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="David of Trebizond">David</a> is exiled and later murdered.