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* [[1402]]: [[Sultanate of Malacca]] founded by [[Parameswara (sultan)|Parameswara]].{{Cite journal |last=Winstedt |first=R. O. |author-link=R. O. Winstedt |year=1948 |title=The Malay Founder of Medieval Malacca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuaMNAAACAAJ |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] on behalf of [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] |volume=12 |issue=3/4 |pages=726–729 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00083312 |jstor=608731|url-access=subscription }}
* [[1402]]: [[Sultanate of Malacca]] founded by [[Parameswara (sultan)|Parameswara]].{{Cite journal |last=Winstedt |first=R. O. |author-link=R. O. Winstedt |year=1948 |title=The Malay Founder of Medieval Malacca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuaMNAAACAAJ |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] on behalf of [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] |volume=12 |issue=3/4 |pages=726–729 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00083312 |jstor=608731|url-access=subscription }}
* [[1402]]: The [[Conquest of the Canary Islands|settlement of the Canary Islands]] signals the beginning of the [[Spanish Empire]].
* [[1402]]: The [[Conquest of the Canary Islands|settlement of the Canary Islands]] signals the beginning of the [[Spanish Empire]].
* [[1403]]: [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]] defeats a coalition of [[Kingdom of France]], [[Republic of Genoa]] and [[Knights Hospitaller]] in the [[Boucicaut's expedition to the Levant (1403)|Boucicaut's expedition to the Levant]]. The expedition fails to reconquer any city in the holy land.
* [[1403]]–[[1413]]: [[Ottoman Interregnum]], a civil war between the four sons of [[Bayezid I]].
* [[1403]]–[[1413]]: [[Ottoman Interregnum]], a civil war between the four sons of [[Bayezid I]].
* [[1403]]: The [[Yongle Emperor]] moves the capital of China from [[Nanjing]] to [[Beijing]].{{Cite web |title=An introduction to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) |url=https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/imperial-china/ming-dynasty/a/an-introduction-to-the-ming-dynasty-13681644 |website=[[Khan Academy]] |publisher=[[Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)|Asian Art Museum]] |access-date=29 September 2018}}
* [[1403]]: The [[Yongle Emperor]] moves the capital of China from [[Nanjing]] to [[Beijing]].{{Cite web |title=An introduction to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) |url=https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/imperial-china/ming-dynasty/a/an-introduction-to-the-ming-dynasty-13681644 |website=[[Khan Academy]] |publisher=[[Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)|Asian Art Museum]] |access-date=29 September 2018}}
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* [[1420]]: In [[Sub-saharan Africa]] the [[Ife Empire]] has collapsed.
* [[1420]]: In [[Sub-saharan Africa]] the [[Ife Empire]] has collapsed.
* [[1424]]: [[James I of Scotland|James I]] returns to [[Scotland]] after being held hostage under three [[Kings of England]] since [[1406]].
* [[1424]]: [[James I of Scotland|James I]] returns to [[Scotland]] after being held hostage under three [[Kings of England]] since [[1406]].
* [[1424]]–[[1426]]: The [[Mamluk Sultanate]] defeats the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]] in the [[Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus (1424–1426)|Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus]], which becomes a tributary state of the Egyptians.
* [[1424]]: [[Deva Raya II]] succeeds his father [[Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya]] as monarch of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]].
* [[1424]]: [[Deva Raya II]] succeeds his father [[Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya]] as monarch of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]].
* [[1425]]: Catholic [[Old University of Leuven|University of Leuven]] (Belgium) founded by [[Pope Martin V]].
* [[1425]]: Catholic [[Old University of Leuven|University of Leuven]] (Belgium) founded by [[Pope Martin V]].
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* [[1429]]: [[Joan of Arc]] ends the [[Siege of Orléans (1428–1429)|Siege of Orléans]] and turns the tide of the [[Hundred Years' War]].
* [[1429]]: [[Joan of Arc]] ends the [[Siege of Orléans (1428–1429)|Siege of Orléans]] and turns the tide of the [[Hundred Years' War]].
* [[1429]]: Queen [[Suhita]] succeeds her father [[Wikramawardhana]] as ruler of [[Majapahit]].Ricklefs (1991), page 18.
* [[1429]]: Queen [[Suhita]] succeeds her father [[Wikramawardhana]] as ruler of [[Majapahit]].Ricklefs (1991), page 18.
* [[Edessa Campaigns (1429–1433)]] between [[Aq Qoyunlu]] and the [[Mamluk Sultanate]] of [[Egypt]], ending in an Egyptian victory.


===1430s===
===1430s===
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** [[30 October]] – [[Treaty of Medina del Campo (1431)|Treaty of Medina del Campo]], consolidating peace between [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] and [[Crown of Castile|Castille]].
** [[30 October]] – [[Treaty of Medina del Campo (1431)|Treaty of Medina del Campo]], consolidating peace between [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] and [[Crown of Castile|Castille]].
** [[16 December]] – [[Henry VI of England]] is crowned King of France.
** [[16 December]] – [[Henry VI of England]] is crowned King of France.
* [[1433]]: [[Urfa]] annexed by the Egyptians after their victory in the [[Edessa Campaigns (1429–1433)]].
* [[1434]]: The Catholics and [[Utraquism|Utraquists]] defeat the [[Taborites]] at the [[Battle of Lipany]], ending the [[Hussite Wars]].
* [[1434]]: The Catholics and [[Utraquism|Utraquists]] defeat the [[Taborites]] at the [[Battle of Lipany]], ending the [[Hussite Wars]].
* [[1436]]: The [[Mamluk Sultanate]] defeats the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the [[Battle of Diyarbakır (1436)|Battle of Diyarbakır]], Egyptians annexes [[Harpoot]].
* [[1438]]: [[Pachacuti]] founds the [[Inca Empire]].
* [[1438]]: [[Pachacuti]] founds the [[Inca Empire]].


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* [[1485]]: [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary]] captured [[Vienna]], [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor]] ran away.
* [[1485]]: [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary]] captured [[Vienna]], [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor]] ran away.
* [[1485]]: [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] defeats [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] at the [[Battle of Bosworth]] and becomes King of England.
* [[1485]]: [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] defeats [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] at the [[Battle of Bosworth]] and becomes King of England.
* [[1485]]: [[Adana campaign]]: [[Mamluk Sultanate]] begins a siege to recover the city of [[Adana]]. Egyptian troops defeats the [[Ottoman Empire]] and recovers the city.
* [[1485]]: [[Ivan III of Russia]] conquered [[Prince of Tver|Tver]].
* [[1485]]: [[Ivan III of Russia]] conquered [[Prince of Tver|Tver]].
* [[1485]]: [[Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya]] drives out [[Praudha Raya]] ending the [[Sangama Dynasty]].
* [[1485]]: [[Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya]] drives out [[Praudha Raya]] ending the [[Sangama Dynasty]].
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[[File:Nuremberg chronicles - FLORENCIA.png|thumb|View of [[Florence]], birthplace of the Renaissance, in a 1493 woodcut from [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'']]
[[File:Nuremberg chronicles - FLORENCIA.png|thumb|View of [[Florence]], birthplace of the Renaissance, in a 1493 woodcut from [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'']]
* [[1491]]: The [[Mamluk Sultanate|Egyptians]] defeat the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the [[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491)]], and a peace treaty was signed, restoring the ''[[status quo ante bellum]]''.
* [[1492]]: The death of [[Sonni Ali|Sunni Ali Ber]] left a leadership void in the [[Songhai Empire]], and his son was soon dethroned by [[Askia Muhammad I|Mamadou Toure]] who ascended the throne in 1493 under the name [[Askia Mohammad I|Askia]] (meaning "general") Muhammad. Askia Muhammad made Songhai the largest empire in the history of West Africa. The empire went into decline, however, after 1528, when the now-blind Askia Muhammad was dethroned by his son, [[Askia Musa]].
* [[1492]]: The death of [[Sonni Ali|Sunni Ali Ber]] left a leadership void in the [[Songhai Empire]], and his son was soon dethroned by [[Askia Muhammad I|Mamadou Toure]] who ascended the throne in 1493 under the name [[Askia Mohammad I|Askia]] (meaning "general") Muhammad. Askia Muhammad made Songhai the largest empire in the history of West Africa. The empire went into decline, however, after 1528, when the now-blind Askia Muhammad was dethroned by his son, [[Askia Musa]].
* [[1492]]: [[Boabdil]]'s surrender of [[Granada]] marks the end of the Spanish [[Reconquista]] and [[Al-Andalus]].
* [[1492]]: [[Boabdil]]'s surrender of [[Granada]] marks the end of the Spanish [[Reconquista]] and [[Al-Andalus]].
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