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15th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






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






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






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






16. Eton College founded by Henry VI.






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Jews expelled from Spain.






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






26. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






32. Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland






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






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






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






36. Machu Picchu constructed.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.






50. Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orl