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15th Century Timeline

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






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






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






11. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland






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






20. 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.






21. 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 -






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






23. 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 -






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






25. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






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






27. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






34. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






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






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






37. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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