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15th Century Timeline

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1. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






4. Jews expelled from Spain.






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






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






7. Abdur Razzaq visitsIndia






8. 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






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






10. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






11. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Jews expelled from Spain.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






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






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






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






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






43. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






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






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






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






48. 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 -






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






50. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver