Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
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Bob the Traveler<p>Pyrrhus, Ecumenical Patriarch of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a>, died OTD in 654 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of Venerable Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>On <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisDayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisDayInHistory</span></a> in 1453, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> capital <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> fell to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MehmetII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MehmetII</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ottoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottoman</span></a> forces. To this day, douchey <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> weirdos cry like it was some great tragedy. In truth, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a> was wrecked by Western <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a> and the Ottomans preserved what was left.</p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last reigning Byzantine Emperor, died OTD in 1453 in the battle at the fall of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Visegrád 24<p>On the 29th of May 1453, the great city of <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> fell to the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Ottoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottoman</span></a> Empire.</p><p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Constantine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantine</span></a> XI, the Last Eastern Roman Emperor allegedly said “As my city falls, I will fall with her” before personally rushing to the defend the Walls of his city and dying in battle.</p>
Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 1453 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> was captured by Sultan Mehmed II, now it's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istanbul</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Visegrád 24<p>Today marks the 572nd anniversary of the Fall of <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a>.</p><p>After nearly 2 months of the siege, the armies of the 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II broke through the walls and ended the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> Empire after nearly 1500 years.</p><p>The <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Ottomans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottomans</span></a> killed 5000 Romans and captured 40 000.</p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of Andrew of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Gerasimus I was abbot of the prestigious Mangana Monastery in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a>; he was elected as Patriarch OTD in 1320, serving just one year until his death in 1321 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of Saint Martinian of Areovinthus, monk of the church of the Theotokos in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> OTD in 332 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon, soldiers martyred at Chalcedon, and Stephen the New, Patriarch of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of Saint Nicholas Mystikos, early 10th century Patriarch of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Leo VI the Wise, was crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire OTD in 908 by Patriarch Euthymius I at <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>The 3-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Leo VI the Wise, was crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire OTD in 908 by Patriarch Euthymius I at <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of Sergius the Confessor of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Thomas Palaiologos, who died OTD in 1465, claimed the title of Byzantine Emperor after <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> fell in 1453, and the title of Despot in Morea after its Ottoman conquest in 1460 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
VictorVisitors in the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul.<br>
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Bob the Traveler<p>Byzantium was renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony OTD in 330, but it is more popularly referred to a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/istanbul/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
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