The sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade. It is a major turning point in medieval history. Crusader armies captured, looted, and destroyed parts of Constantinople, then the capital of the Byzantine Empire. After the capture of the city, territories were divided up among the Crusaders.
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