Empires Timeline By afalsone 1300 Mexica Start Conquering an Empire 1368 Founding of Ming Dynasty 1415 Portuguese capture Cueta, starting an empire 1433 End of Zheng He's Voyages 1438 Pachacuti launches Inca conquests 1453 Holy Roman Emperor Elected by Nobles 1453 Ottoman conquest of Constantinople 1453 End of the Hundred Years' War 1492 End of Reconquista 1556 Akbar becomes Mughal emperor 1613 Mikhail Romanov becomes ruler of Russia