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| 0330 | Constantine I the Great |  |
| 11th May Constantinople Byzantium is renamed Constantinople & made the Chris tian capital |
| 11th May Constantinople Constantinople becomes a 2nd Rome in an effort to unite the east & west of the Empire |
| 0337 | Athanasius |  |
| Constantinople Faces a trial at Tyre & seeks exile in Constantinople |
| 0337 | Constantine I the Great |  |
| Constantinople Makes preparations for his tomb in the Church of the Holy Apostles s |
| 0339 | Constans |  |
| Constantinople Gives Constantinople back to his brother Constantius |
| 0345 | Datianus |  |
| Constantinople Appointed Senator for Constantinople |
| 0364 | Valens |  |
| 28th Mar Constantinople Succeeds as Emperor of the East, named co-Augustus by his elder brother Valentinian |
| 0364 | Valentinian I |  |
| 28th Mar Constantinople Names his brother Valens Emperor of the East, 1st to split the Empire |
| 0401 | Theodosius II |  |
| Constantinople Birth of Theodosius II, son of Emperor Arcadius & Aelia Eudoxia |
| 0718 | Leo III |  |
| Constantinople Checks Arab expansion into southeastern Europe |
| Constantinople Compels Maslamah ibn 'Abd al-Malik to give up the siege of Constantinople |
| 0886 | Leo VI the Wise |  |
| Constantinople Deposes Photius, patriarch of Constantinople |
| 1074 | Botaneiates, Nikephoros |  |
| 31st Mar Constantinople Nikephoros Botaneiates gained the support of the Seljuk Turks reaches Constantinople, Michael VII resigns the throne with hardly a struggle |
| 1182 | Alexius II Comnenus |  |
| Constantinople Andronicus besieges Constantinople & forces Alexius to sign his mother's death warrant |
| 1182 | Andronicus I Comnenus |  |
| Constantinople Raises an Army & captures Constantinople |
| 1202 | Alexius III Angelus |  |
| Constantinople Forced into exile after the Crusaders reach Constantinople |
| 1202 | Isaac II Angelus |  |
| Constantinople Restored to the Byzantine throne by the Crusaders |
| 1203 | Alexius IV Comnenus |  |
| Constantinople Crowned by Crusaders to convert the Byzantine Empire from Greek Orthodox to Catholic |
| Constantinople Succeeds as Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire |
| 1204 | Alexius V Ducas |  |
| April Constantinople Death ov Alexius V Ducas , executed by the Crusaders |
| April Constantinople Executed by the Crusaders |
| 12th April Constantinople Tries to defend Constantinople from the Crusaders but it falls & is sacked |
| 1204 | Isaac II Angelus |  |
| Constantinople Deposed for a 2nd time |
| 1261 | Michael VIII Palaeologus |  |
| Constantinople Baldwin II is driven out of Constantinople by Micharl VIII Paleaologus |
| 1348 | Andronicus IV Palaeologus |  |
| 11th April Constantinople Birth of Andronicus IV Palaeologus |
| 1376 | Andronicus IV Palaeologus |  |
| 12th Aug Constantinople Marches into Constantinople & takes his father, John V, prisoner |
| 1405 | Constantine XI |  |
| 8th Feb Constantinople Birth of Constantine XI Palaiologos, eighth of ten children of Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragas, the daughter of the Serbian prince Constantine Dragas of Kumanovo |
| 1422 | John VIII |  |
| Constantinople Supervises the defense of Constantinople during a siege by Sultan Murad II |
| 1453 | Constantine XI |  |
| 29th May Constantinople Captured by the Ottomans under Mehmed II, Constantine dies at the city gates in it's defense |
| 29th May Constantinople Death of Constantine XI, defending Constantinople from Mehmed II |
| 29th May Constantinople Mehmed II offers Constantine XI the chance to rule in Mistra before the siege of Constantinople but he refuses & dies during it's defense |