15th Century
- 1499-1501
- Safavids conquer Persia
- 1494
- May 3 — Christopher Columbus discovers Xamayca
- 1492
- Christopher Columbus discovers America
- 1488
- Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope
- 1481
- France gains the County of Provence
- 1453
- Ottoman Empire conquers Constantinople
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