A Start of Something "New"

Today I decided I would start my own blog as one of those "History Today" as well as remembering things though out the ages, from important events to simply remembering a time long past as well as many things in the middle.

as a simple start off to this journey I will start with one event that happened on this day in, 1451, the Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire, whom was born March 30th 1432 and died May 3rd, 1481.

At the age of 21, Mehmed conquered Constantinople, bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire. Continuing his conquests in Asia, with the Anatolian Reunification, and in Europe, as far as Belgrade. Besides Turkish, he spoke French, Latin, Greek, Serbian, Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew.

Mehmed is also regarded as a national Hero in Turkey, his name is given to the famous Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.