<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mehmed II">Mehmed II</a> begins his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fall of Constantinople">siege of Constantinople</a>. The city falls on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_29" id="mwJw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="May 29">May 29</a>, and is renamed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul" id="mwKA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>.<sup about="#mwt26" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_6#cite_note-4" id="mwKQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwKg">[4]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"><cite about="#mwt23" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFTucker2010">Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). "Overview of 1400-1500: Chronology". In Tucker, Spencer C. (ed.). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC" id="mwB5w" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB50">A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol.1: ca. 3000 BCE—1499 CE</i></a>. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC=CLIO. pp.<span id="mwB54" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>341–343. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB58" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB6A" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9781851096671" id="mwB6E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9781851096671"><bdi id="mwB6I">9781851096671</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt23" class="Z3988" id="mwB6M" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Overview+of+1400-1500%3A+Chronology&amp;rft.btitle=A+Global+Chronology+of+Conflict%3A+From+the+Ancient+World+to+the+Modern+Middle+East.+Vol.1%3A+ca.+3000+BCE%E2%80%941499+CE&amp;rft.place=Santa+Barbara%2C+Calif.&amp;rft.pages=341-343&amp;rft.pub=ABC%3DCLIO&amp;rft.date=2010&amp;rft.isbn=9781851096671&amp;rft.aulast=Tucker&amp;rft.aufirst=Spencer+C.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dh5_tSnygvbIC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+6"></span></span>