15th century

===[[1450s]]===
[[File:Conquest_of_Constantinople,_Zonaro.jpg|thumb|Modern painting of [[Mehmed II]] marching on [[Fall of Constantinople|Constantinople in 1453]]]]
* [[1450s]]: [[Machu Picchu]] constructed.
* [[1450]]: [[Dayang Kalangitan]] became the [[Queen regnant]] of the ancient kingdom of [[Tondo (historical polity)|Tondo]] that started Tondo's political dominance over [[Luzon]].
* [[1451]]: [[Bahlul Khan Lodhi]] ascends the throne of the [[Delhi sultanate]] starting the [[Lodhi dynasty]]
* [[1451]]: Rajasawardhana, born Bhre Pamotan, styled Brawijaya II succeeds Wijayaparakramawardhana as ruler of Majapahit.<ref name="RICKLEFSp18" />
* [[1453]]: The [[Fall of Constantinople]] marks the end of the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the death of the last Roman Emperor [[Constantine XI]] and the beginning of the [[Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire]].
* [[1453]]: The [[Battle of Castillon]] is the last engagement of the [[Hundred Years' War]] and the first battle in European history where cannons were a major factor in deciding the battle.
* [[1453]]: Reign of Rajasawardhana ends.<ref name="RICKLEFSp18" />
* [[1454]]–[[1466]]: After defeating the Teutonic Knights in the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]], Poland annexes [[Royal Prussia]].
* [[1455]]–[[1485]]: [[Wars of the Roses]] – English civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster.
* [[1456]]: [[Joan of Arc]] is [[Retrial of Joan of Arc|posthumously acquitted]] of [[heresy]] by the [[Catholic Church]], redeeming her status as the heroine of [[France]].
* [[1456]]: The [[Siege of Belgrade (1456)|Siege of Belgrade]] halts the Ottomans' advance into Europe.
* [[1456]]: Girishawardhana, styled Brawijaya III, becomes ruler of Majapahit.<ref name="RICKLEFSp18" />
* [[1457]]: Construction of [[Edo Castle]] begins.