Istanbul

Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 41.014, 28.950 · 9 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 578Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksEmperor Justin dies, and Tiberius takes the imperial throne.
AD 582Gregory of Tours, History of the FranksEmperor Tiberius dies.
AD 811Royal Frankish AnnalsTo confirm the peace the emperor sends Haido, bishop of Basel, Hugo, count of Tours, and Ayo of Friuli to Constantinople
AD 813Royal Frankish AnnalsIn spring the emperor sends Amalharius, bishop of Trier, and Petrus, abbot of Nonantula, to Constantinople to confirm the peace with Emperor Michael
AD 911Karamzin, History of the Russian StateTo secure peace with Greece, Oleg sent envoys to Tsargrad (Constantinople), who concluded a treaty with the empire.
AD 941Karamzin, History of the Russian StateKaramzin notes that the account of Igor's Greek campaign (941) comes not only from the Byzantine sagas but also from the Arab al-Makin and from Liutprand, bishop of Cremona.
AD 1260Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation)In 1260 the brothers Niccolò and Maffeo Polo set out from Constantinople to trade across the great sea (the Black Sea).
AD 1294Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation)From Trebizond to Constantinople.
AD 1583Hakluyt, The Principal NavigationsVoyage of the Susan of London to Constantinople — Constantinople passage (based on the sentence mentioning Constantinople)
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