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15th Century Timeline

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1. 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






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






3. Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland






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






5. 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






6. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






7. Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.






8. Wars of the Roses






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






10. Battle of Breadfield - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary defeated the Turks.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Uzun Hasan defeats the Black Sheep Turkoman leader Jahan Shah.






18. Sonni Ali Ber - the ruler of the Songhai (or Songhay) Empire - along the Niger River - conquers Mali in the central Sudan by defeating the Tuareg contingent at Tombouctou (or Timbuktu) and capturing the city. He develops both his own capital - Gao -






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






20. Machu Picchu constructed.






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






30. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






32. Jews expelled from Spain.






33. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






34. Uzun Hasan defeats the Black Sheep Turkoman leader Jahan Shah.






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






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






37. Battle of Agincourt fought between the Kingdom of England and France.






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






39. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






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






41. The Battle of Castillon is the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War and the first battle in European history where cannons were a major factor in deciding the battle.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver