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15th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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 -






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl






17. Jews expelled from Spain.






18. 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.






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






20. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






21. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






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






38. The Battle of Castillon is the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War and the first battle in European history where cannons were a major factor in deciding the battle.






39. Wars of the Roses






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






41. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl






42. Machu Picchu constructed.






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






44. 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.






45. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






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






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






48. 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






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






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