1401–150042 events10 regions
15th century
In the 15th century: 42 events across 10 regions, including Fall of Constantinople, Columbus’s landfall on San Salvador, First voyage of Christopher Columbus.
Events
Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Castillon17 July 1453
- Gutenberg Biblebetween 1454 and 1455
- Wars of the Roses22 May 1455 – between 1485 and 1487
- Battle of Bosworth Field22 August 1485
- Fall of Granada2 January 1492
- First voyage of Christopher Columbus3 August 1492 – 15 March 1493
- Treaty of Tordesillas7 June 1494
- Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supperc. 1495 – 1498
- Expulsion and forced conversion of the Jews of Portugal5 December 1496 – October 1497
- Vasco da Gama’s first voyage to India8 July 1497 – between August and September 1499
Eastern Europe
- Accession of Ivan III27 March 1462
- Marriage of Ivan III and Sophia Palaiologina12 November 1472
- Construction of the Kremlin’s Dormition Cathedral1475 – August 1479
- Muscovite–Novgorodian War (1477–1478)9 October 1477 – 15 January 1478
- Great Stand on the Ugra River8 October – 11 November 1480
- Construction of the Moscow Kremlin walls and towers1485–1495
- Sudebnik of 1497September 1497
- Battle of Vedrosha14 July 1500
Balkans and Anatolia
- Fall of Constantinople29 May 1453
- Siege of Belgrade (1456)4–22 July 1456
- Battle of Otlukbeli11 August 1473
Africa
- Portuguese conquest of Ceuta21 August 1415
- Discovery and settlement of Madeirabetween 1418 and 1419 – 1425
- Sonni Ali takes Timbuktubetween 1468 and 1469
- Founding of São Jorge da Mina (Elmina)January 1482
- Voyage of Bartolomeu Dias around the southern tip of Africabetween July and August 1487 – December 1488
- Askia Muhammad’s pilgrimage to Meccabetween 1495 and 1497 – between 1497 and 1498
Central and Northern Asia
- Founding of the Kazakh Khanatebetween 1465 and 1471
- Muscovite campaign across the Urals against Pelym and Yugra9 May – 1 October 1483
- Shaybani Khan destroys the Timurid Empire1500 – 27 May 1507
South Asia
- Afanasy Nikitin’s Journey Beyond the Three Seasbetween 1466 and 1468 – between 1472 and 1474
- Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut20 May 1498
East Asia
- Tumu Crisis1 September 1449
- Ōnin War1467–1477
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Đại Việt crushes Champa: the fall of VijayaNovember 1470 – March 1471
North America
- John Cabot’s voyage to North AmericaMay 1497 – 6 August 1497
- Voyages of the Corte-Real brothers to Newfoundland1500–1502
Latin America
- Construction of Machu Picchubetween 1420 and 1450
- Reign of Pachacuti — birth of the Inca Empire1438–1471
- Dedication of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan1487
- Columbus’s landfall on San Salvador12 October 1492
- Discovery of Brazil by Cabral’s expedition22 April 1500