Which calendar is that?
Comment on “What do you mean you don’t know the year Constantinople fell off the top of your head?”
PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I do know the year and day Constantinople fell, yes!
29 May 1453.
To be fair, the 29th of May is my birthday, but I’m still kind of excited that I know that one off the top of my head.
gedhrel@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
timestatic@feddit.org 9 hours ago
Oh shit i thought it was 1447. I was off by 6 years, unacceptable
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 9 hours ago 1453 is also the end of the 100 years war, with the English losing the battle of Castillon. An eventful year in European history.
Aqarius@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s honestly the best candidate for the official end of the middle ages.
HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
I was close! My somewhat educated guess was 1438.
- ByteJunk@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I love Europa Universalis 4 (PC game), the game starts on November 11th, 1444 - a day after the Hungarian/Christian defeat in the battle of Varna, which paved the way for the Ottomans becoming a superpower.
That’s a cool date for the game, because it allows the players to try to save a nearly doomed Byzantine Empire, or change the outcome of the 100 Year War for example.
Well, I got the right century at least