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15th Century Timeline

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1. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. After the Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy gained independence from the Great Horde. Ivan III - Grand Duke of Moscow.






10. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






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






12. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






13. Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland






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






15. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






16. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






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






18. King Sejong the Great published a hangul - the native phonetic alphabet system for the Korean language.






19. Jews expelled from Spain.






20. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






23. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






24. The Battle of Grunwald is the decisive battle of the Polish






25. Under Moctezuma I - the Aztecs become the dominant power in Mesoamerica.






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






27. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






28. Matthias Corvinus of Hungary conquers some parts of Bohemia.






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






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






31. Vasco da Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back.






32. After the Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy gained independence from the Great Horde. Ivan III - Grand Duke of Moscow.






33. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






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






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






36. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty






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






38. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






39. The death of Sunni Ali Ber left a leadership void in the Songhai Empire - and his son was soon dethroned by Mamadou Toure who ascended the throne in 1492 under the name Askia (meaning 'general') Muhammad. Askia Muhammad made Songhai the largest empir






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day centralIndia






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






48. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day centralIndia






49. The Battle of Grunwald is the decisive battle of the Polish






50. Machu Picchu constructed.






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