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15th Century Timeline

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






2. 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






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






4. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






20. Pachacuti founds theInca Empire.






21. Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter - dies






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






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






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






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






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






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. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






30. Wars of the Roses






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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. Machu Picchu constructed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.