Births on January 1

Bernardin Frankopan

Born on January 1, 1453

Bernardin Frankopan, Croatian nobleman, diplomat and soldier (d. 1529)

Bernardin Frankopan (1453–1529) was a Croatian nobleman and diplomat, a member of the influential Frangipani (Frankopan) noble family of Croatia. As one of the wealthiest and most distinguished aristocrats in the kingdom in his day, he had one of the leading roles in mounting defences of Croatian statehood against the Ottoman expansion.

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Events on 1453

20 Apr

Blockade runner
Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople.
29 May

Mehmed the Conqueror
Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.