Empires

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  • 1206

    Founding of Ming dynasty

    The Ming dynasty was found by Zhu Yuanzhang between 1206-1368. The Ming became one of the most stable but also one of the most autocratic of all Chinese dynasty
  • 1300

    Holy Roman Emperor elected by nobles

    The highest-ranking noblemen of the empire usually elected one of their peers as ¨King of the Romans,¨ and he would later be crowned emperor by the pope
  • Aug 21, 1415

    Portuguese capture Cueta, starting an empire

    On August 21, 1415, Ceuta, the city on the coast of North Africa directly across from Gibraltar, was conquered by Portugal, and the long-lived Portuguese Empire was founded
  • 1433

    End of Zheng He´s voyages

    The Ming treasure voyages were the seven maritime expeditions undertaken by Ming China's treasure fleet between 1405 and 1433. The Yongle Emperor started building the treasure fleet in 1403.
  • 1438

    Pachacuti launches Inca conquests

    Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui was the 9th Inca ruler who founded their empire with conquests in Cuzco Valley and beyond
  • 1453

    End of Hundred Years' War

    The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts in Western Europe from 1337 to 1453, waged between the House of Plantagenet and its cadet House of Lancaster, rulers of the Kingdom of England, and the House of Valois over the right to rule the Kingdom of France
  • 1453

    Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

    The Falls of Constantinople was the capture of the Byzantine Empire's capital by the Ottoman Empire. The city fell on 29 May 1453, the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April 1453
  • Jan 2, 1492

    End of Reconquista

    The Reconquista was a period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711, the expansion of the Christian kingdoms throughout Hispania, and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492
  • 1519

    Mexica start conquering an empire

    From February 1519 to August 1521, they fought against the Aztec Empire. Soon later they went against the Tarascan state in 1552-1530
  • 1556

    Akbar becomes Mughal emperor

    Akbar succeeded Humayun on February 14, 1556, while in the midst of a war against Sikandar Shah to reclaim the Mughal emperor

  • Mikhail Romanov becomes ruler of Russia

    Mikhail Romanov became the first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov after the zemskiy sobor of 1613 elected him to rule the Tsardom of Russia