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15th Century Timeline

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






2. 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






3. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






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






12. Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland






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






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






20. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






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






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






23. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






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






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






26. Wars of the Roses






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






30. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






42. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






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






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






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






47. Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland






48. Jews expelled from Spain.






49. 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.






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