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15th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






6. Portuguese navigators cruise West Africa and reestablish the European slave trade with a shipment of African slaves sent directly from Africa to Portugal.






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Machu Picchu constructed.






12. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves.






13. 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






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






15. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






16. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






17. 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.






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






19. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






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






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






23. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






36. 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






37. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






38. 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 -






39. 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.






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






41. 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






42. Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves.






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. 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.