Historical place archive

Istanbul in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Istanbul in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records4 event labels4 people1096–1891

Historical events in Istanbul

1096

1096
Siege of Constantinople
Baldwin I · Holy Crusades, 1st

Godfrey of Bouillon & Baldwin lead a Crusader army which attacks Constantinople

1096
Siege of Constantinople
Godfrey of Bouillion · Holy Crusades, 1st

Leads an army which joins 30,000 crusaders at Constantinople

1204

1204
Capture of Constantinople
Boniface · Holy Crusades, 4th

Occupies Constantinople, replacing the Byzantine Empire with an Eastern Latin Empire

1204
Invasion of Turkey
Boniface · Holy Crusades, 4th

Occupies Constantinople, replacing the Byzantine Empire with an Eastern Latin Empire

1891

1891
Ambassador
Pierre-Paul Cambon · Government of France

Appointed Ambassador of Turkey

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and Istanbul. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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