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15th Century Timeline

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






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






8. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






18. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






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






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






21. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






33. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






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






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






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






37. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Wars of the Roses






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






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






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






47. 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






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. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






50. 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