15th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1425 | February | Vasili died. His son Vasili II, The Blind, succeeded him as Grand Prince of Moscow; his wife Sophia became regent. His younger brother, Yury Dmitrievich, also issued a claim to the throne. |
| 1430 | Dmitrievich appealed to the khan of the Golden Horde to support his claim to the throne. Vasili II retained the Duchy of Moscow, but Dmitrievich was given the Duchy of Dmitrov. | |
| 1432 | Vasili II led an army to capture Dmitrov. His army was defeated and he was forced to flee to Kolomna. Dmitrievich arrived in Moscow and declared himself the Grand Prince. Vasili II was pardoned and made mayor of Kolomna. | |
| 1433 | The exodus of Muscovite boyars to Vasili II's court in Kolomna persuaded Dmitrievich to return Moscow to his nephew and move to Galich. | |
| 1434 | Vasily II burned Galich. | |
| 16 March | The army of Yury Dmitrievich defeated the army of Vasily II. The latter fled to Nizhny Novgorod. | |
| 1 April | Dmitrievich arrived in Moscow and again declared himself the Grand Prince. | |
| 5 July | Dmitrievich died. His oldest son Vasili Kosoy, the Cross-Eyed, succeeded him as Grand Prince. | |
| 1435 | Dmitrievich's second son, Dmitry Shemyaka, allied himself with Vasili II. Vasili the Cross-Eyed was expelled from the Kremlin and blinded. Vasili II returned to the throne of the Grand Prince. | |
| 1438 | Russo-Kazan Wars: The khan of the recently established Khanate of Kazan led an army towards Moscow. | |
| 1445 | 7 July | Battle of Suzdal: The Russian army suffered a great defeat at the hands of the Tatars of Kazan. Vasili II was taken prisoner; operation of the government fell to Dmitry Shemyaka. |
| December | Vasili II was ransomed back to Muscovy. | |
| 1446 | Shemyaka had Vasili II blinded and exiled to Uglich, and had himself declared the Grand Prince. | |
| 1450 | The boyars of Moscow expelled Shemyaka from the Kremlin and recalled Vasili II to the throne. | |
| 1452 | Shemyaka was forced to flee to the Novgorod Republic. | |
| 1453 | Shemyaka was poisoned by Muscovite agents. | |
| 1462 | 27 March | Vasili II died. His son Ivan III, The Great, succeeded him as Grand Prince. |
| 1463 | Russia annexed the Duchy of Yaroslavl. | |
| 1471 | 14 July | Battle of Shelon: A Muscovite army defeated a numerically superior Novgorodian force. |
| 1474 | Russia annexed the Rostov Duchy. | |
| 1476 | Ivan stopped paying tribute to the Great Horde. | |
| 1478 | 14 January | The Novgorod Republic surrendered to the authority of Moscow. |
| 1480 | 11 November | Great stand on the Ugra river: Ivan's forces deterred Akhmat Khan of the Great Horde from invading Muscovy. |
| 1485 | Ivan annexed the Grand Duchy of Tver. | |
| 1497 | Ivan issued a legal code, the Sudebnik, which standardized the Muscovite law, expanded the role of the criminal justice system, and limited the ability of the serfs to leave their masters. |
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