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This timeline details all the main wars that happened during the 15th Century. 10th November 1337 to 17th July 1453. Hundred Years’ War. Fought between: England and Burgundy against France and Scotland. Location: England, France, Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium) Result: French victory, England lost all possessions in France except Calais.
The first success in the Wars of the Roses goes to the white rose, with the Yorkist prince crowned as Edward IV Go to Edward IV (1442–83) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines:
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- The 1400s and The Hundred Years' War
- The Fall of The Byzantine Empire and The End of War
- The Wars of The Roses
- War Begins and Ends For France and England
- 1500s Military Conflicts Begin
- War Erupts Outside of Europe
- The 1540s Bring War Back to England
- Decades of War
On July 20, 1402, Timur won the Battle of Ankara in the Ottoman-Timurid Wars. A year later, on July 21, 1403, in Britain, Henry IV won the Battle of Shrewsbury. The Teutonic Knights were defeated July 15, 1410, during the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War at the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg). In the ongoing Hundred Years' War, Henry V besieged and c...
The Hundred Years' War continued on April 15, 1450, when the Comte de Clermont defeated the English at the Battle of Formigny. The Second Ottoman Siege of Constantinoplewas conducted from April 2 to May 29, 1453, resulting in the fall of the Byzantine Empire and effectively ending the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars. The English army, under the Earl of Shre...
The Wars of the Roses began May 22, 1455, when the First Battle of St. Albans resulted in a victory for the Yorkist cause. The House of York enjoyed another victory in the ongoing conflict on September 23, 1459, when the Earl of Salisbury won the Battle of Blore Heathfor the Yorkists. The conflict continued on July 10, 1460, when King Henry VI was ...
Over in France, the Burgundian Wars erupted when Duke Charles of Burgundy was beaten at the Battle of Granson on March 2, 1476. Swiss forces defeated the Duke of Burgundy at the Battle of Murten (Morat) on June 22, 1476. Duke Charles was defeated and killed at the Battle of Nancyon January 5, 1477, ending the Burgundian Wars. It was the beginning o...
French forces won the Battle of Ravenna April 11, 1512, in a decisive moment of the War of the League of Cambrai. In the next chapter of the conflict, the Scottish forces were crushed at the Battle of Floddenon September 9, 1513. Elsewhere in the world, Ottoman forces won the Battle of Chaldiran over the Safavid Empire on August 23, 1514. The War o...
Babur won the First Battle of Panipatin the Mughal Conquests on April 21, 1526. In the Ottoman-Hungarian Wars, the Hungarian forces were badly defeated at the Battle of Mohacs on August 29, 1526. In the ongoing Mughal Conquests, the forces of Babur defeated the Rajput Confederation to conquer northern India on March 17, 1527. Imperial troops sacked...
English naval commander Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon in 1540, during the Anglo-Spanish War. The conflict heated up on November 24, 1542, when the Scottish forces were beaten at the Battle of Solway Moss. Emperor Galawdewos won the Battle of Wayna Daga on February 21, 1543, during the Ethiopian-Adal War. Scottish troops defeated th...
The forces of Oda Nobunaga conducted the successful siege of Ishiyama Hongan-ji from August 1570 to August 1580 in Japan. The Holy League defeated the Ottomans at the decisive Battle of Lepantoon October 7, 1571, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars. Mughal forces won the Battle of Tukaroi over the Sultanate of Bangala and Bihar on March 5, 1575. Albre...
15th century Battle of Formigny, 1450. 1400–1415 Glyndŵr Rising; 1401–1429 Appenzell Wars; 1407–1468 Georgian-Turkoman War; 1409–1411 Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War; 1410–1435 War of Slesvig; 1414 Hunger War; 1419–1434 Hussite Wars; 1422 Gollub War; 1422 Battle of Arbedo; 1425–1454 Wars in Lombardy; 1431–1435 Polish ...
The fifteenth century opens with civil unrest as the Armagnacs and Burgundians, two powerful political factions, war for control of France during the frequent periods of insanity suffered by King Charles VI (r. 1380–1422).
Tensions between England and Wales are relieved by the Act of Union in 1536, and Tudor rulers tighten their control in Ireland, particularly after the religious upheaval at mid-century. Irish civil wars continue to rage, however, and culminate at the turn of the seventeenth century.
1003. Edward the Confessor, the future king of England (r. 1042-1066), is born to parents Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. 1016. Harold Harefoot, the future king of England (r.1037-1040), is born to parents Cnut the Great and Ælfgifu of Northhampton. 1016.
