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15th Century Timeline

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1. Kazan Khanate defeats Grand Duchy of Moscow at the Battle of Suzdal






2. Henry VII defeats Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and becomes King of England






3. Matthias Corvinus of Hungary captured Vienna - Frederick III - Holy Roman Emperor ran away






4. The Yongle Emperor moves the capital of China from Nanjing to Beijing.






5. The Moldavian forces under Stephen the Great defeat the Tatars of the Golden Horde at the Battle of Lipnic.






6. Henry the Navigator leads the conquest of Ceuta from the Moors marking the beginning of the Portuguese Empire.






7. Hussite Wars in Bohemia - The renaissance king Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. His mercenary standing army (the Black Army) had the strongest military potential of its era






8. Ottoman and Timurid Empires fight at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I.






9. After defeating the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War - Poland annexes Royal Prussia.






10. Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






11. Ottoman Empire under Sultan Murad II defeats the Polish and Hungarian armies under Wladyslaw III of Poland and J






12. James I returns to Scotland after being held hostage under three Kings of England since 1406






13. The Sengoku period is one of civil war in Japan.The Siege of Rhodes (1480). Ships of the Hospitaliers in the forefront - and Turkish camp in the background.






14. Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) founded by Pope Martin V.






15. A French peasant girl - directly influenced the result of the Hundred Years' War.






16. The Albanian league is established in Lezha - Skanderbeg is elected leader. A war begins against Ottoman empire. An Albanian state is set up and lasts until 1479. Portrait of Scanderbeg - ca. 1648.






17. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






18. Zheng He of China sails through theIndian Ocean toIndia - Arabia - and East Africa to spread China's influence and sovereignty.






19. SpanishInquisition begins in practice with the first auto-da-f






20. Jews expelled from Spain.






21. The Siege of Belgrade halts the Ottoman's advance into Europe.






22. The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile leads to the unification of Spain.






23. Wars of the Roses






24. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






25. Khizr Khan - deputised by Timur to be the governor of Multan - takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






26. The Golden Horde breaks up into the Siberia Khanate - the Khanate of Kazan - the Astrakhan Khanate - the Crimean Khanate - and the Great Horde.






27. Boabdil's surrender of Granada marks the end of the Spanish Reconquista and Al-Andalus.






28. The settlement of the Canary Islands signals the beginning of the Spanish Empire.






29. The Fall of Constantinople marks the end of the Byzantine Empire and the death of the last Roman Emperor Constantine XI and the beginning of the Growth of the Ottoman Empire.






30. Sher Shah Suri - is born in Sasaram - Bihar






31. Birth of Guru Nanak Dev. Beside followers of Sikhism - Guru Nanak is revered by Hindus and Muslim Sufis across theIndian subcontinent.






32. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






33. The Italian Wars lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states.






34. Esen Tayisi leads an Oirat Mongol invasion of China which culminate in the capture of the Zhengtong Emperor at Battle of TumuFortress. Modern painting of Mehmed II marching on Constantinople in 1453 The map of Ming dynasty(1433) - based on The Histor






35. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






36. Kazan Khanate defeats Grand Duchy of Moscow at the Battle of Suzdal






37. Deva Raya II succeeds his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire






38. Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland






39. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






40. The kingdom of Champa suffers a massive defeat by the Vietnamese king L






41. Jan Hus is burned at the stake as a heretic at the Council of Constance.






42. Jan Hus is burned at the stake as a heretic at the Council of Constance.






43. Construction of the ChineseForbidden City is completed in Beijing.






44. Machu Picchu constructed.






45. Burgundy Wars of France - Switzerland - Lorraine and Sigismund II of Habsburg against the Charles the Bold - Duke of Burgundy.






46. The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile leads to the unification of Spain.






47. Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty






48. The Golden Horde breaks up into the Siberia Khanate - the Khanate of Kazan - the Astrakhan Khanate - the Crimean Khanate - and the Great Horde.






49. Mehmed the Conqueror is driven back by Wallachian prince Vlad III Dracula at The NightAttack.






50. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.







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