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15th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






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






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






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






13. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






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






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






16. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






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






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






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






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






21. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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 -






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






29. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






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






31. 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






32. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl






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






34. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Jews expelled from Spain.






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






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






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






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






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