End of the Middle Ages Day

 29 May is End of the Middle Ages Day. On 29 May 1453, the Turks captured Constantinople (now named Istanbul). Many people regard that as the end of the Middle Ages. When I was a boy, the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 was regarded as the end of the Middle Ages (Henry VII became king of England and began the Tudor dynasty). However, that was an Anglo-Centric view! A change of dynasty in England made little or no difference to the rest of Europe.