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15th Century Timeline

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






2. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Wars of the Roses






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






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






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






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. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Muscovy conquers Novgorod.






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






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






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






24. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Wars of the Roses






31. Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver






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






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






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






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






36. Machu Picchu constructed.






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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