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15th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






5. 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 -






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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. Jews expelled from Spain.






19. Wars of the Roses






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






21. Wars of the Roses






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






23. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






26. Machu Picchu constructed.






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






28. 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.






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. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






31. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl






40. 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






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






42. Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland






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






44. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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







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