1453: Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror, ending the Byzantine Empire after 1,100 years

1592: The Korean navy, led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, repels a Japanese fleet in the Battle of Sacheon, the first use of a Korean Turtle Ship

1660: On his 30th birthday, Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end

1851: Sojourner Truth addresses the first Black Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio
Tenzing Norgay brandishes his ice axe on the summit of Mount EverestTenzing Norgay on the Summit of Mount Everest
1953: Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British expedition

Source: Onthisday.com