25 events with tag "Constantinople"
330
ID: 4756
Constantine founds Constantinople - 'New Rome' becomes Eastern capital, Christian city from beginning
ID: 4756
330
ID: 5924
Constantine allegedly transfers Palladium to Constantinople - legend says he secretly moved it from Rome to protect new capital, buried under Column of Constantine
ID: 5924
336
ID: 5004
Death of Arius in Constantinople - dies suddenly in a latrine before being received back into communion, seen as divine judgment
ID: 5004
379
ID: 3783
St. Basil's monastic rules spread - creates balanced monasticism emphasizing community, charity, and learning
ID: 3783
379
ID: 3819
St. Gregory Nazianzus in Constantinople - brilliant orations restore Nicene faith, called 'The Theologian'
ID: 3819
398
ID: 3828
St. John Chrysostom becomes Patriarch of Constantinople - reforms clergy, criticizes empress, earns enemies
ID: 3828
447
ID: 4731
Attila devastates Eastern Roman Empire - defeats army, earthquakes destroy Constantinople's walls during invasion
ID: 4731
483
ID: 3882
St. Felix III becomes forty-eighth pope - excommunicates Patriarch Acacius, 35-year schism begins
ID: 3882
523
ID: 3887
St. John I becomes fifty-third pope - first pope to visit Constantinople, martyred by Theodoric
ID: 3887
532
ID: 4758
Nika Riots - chariot racing factions nearly overthrow Justinian, Theodora's courage saves throne
ID: 4758
535
ID: 3891
St. Agapetus I becomes fifty-seventh pope - deposes Patriarch of Constantinople, dies there
ID: 3891
600
ID: 5926
Byzantines believe Palladium protects Constantinople - city considered unconquerable while possessing sacred statue, falls only after Fourth Crusade (1204)
ID: 5926
678
ID: 3913
St. Agatho becomes seventy-ninth pope - Third Council of Constantinople condemns Monothelitism
ID: 3913
678
ID: 4767
First Arab siege of Constantinople fails - Greek fire saves city, Umayyad expansion stopped
ID: 4767
708
ID: 3922
Constantine becomes eighty-eighth pope - last pope to visit Constantinople until Paul VI
ID: 3922
718
ID: 4768
Second Arab siege of Constantinople fails - Leo III saves Europe from Islamic conquest
ID: 4768
907
ID: 3708
Rus' Vikings attack Constantinople - Oleg's fleet threatens Byzantine capital, secures favorable trade treaty
ID: 3708
941
ID: 3710
Igor of Kiev attacks Constantinople - Rus' fleet destroyed by Greek fire, major Viking defeat
ID: 3710
1182
ID: 4779
Massacre of the Latins - Constantinople mob kills thousands of Western merchants, deepens East-West hatred
ID: 4779
1204
ID: 4780
Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople - worst disaster in Byzantine history, treasures looted, empire fragments
ID: 4780
1204
ID: 5108
Venice sacks Constantinople - directs Fourth Crusade against Byzantium, steals treasures including four bronze horses
ID: 5108
1204
ID: 36
April 12, 1204
Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople - Latin Empire established, permanent schism between East and West deepened
ID: 36
1261
ID: 49
Byzantine Empire restored in Constantinople under Michael VIII Palaiologos
ID: 49
1347
ID: 4202
Dragon-shaped comet over Constantinople - Byzantine chronicles record dragon comet before Black Death arrives
ID: 4202
1453
ID: 77
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople - Constantine XI dies on walls, Byzantine Empire ends after 1,123 years
ID: 77