Today in European history: the Siege of Belgrade ends (1456)

Mehmed II earned the epithet Fatih or “the Conqueror” when he captured Constantinople in 1453, and it’s lucky for him that he did, really. If he didn’t already have a slick nickname by the time of his failed effort to capture Belgrade, I can imagine he might have been saddled with a much less flattering one instead. Well, at least behind his back, anyway.

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One thought on “Today in European history: the Siege of Belgrade ends (1456)

  1. Yeah, a rare setback for Mehmed. Honestly, the Conqueror had some amazing enemies: Constantine, Hunyadi, Scanderbeg, Vlad Tepes, Stephen the Great, Venice. (Venice counts as sort of one, corporate, enemy.)

    Doug M.

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