15th century has part(s) 1440s
1440s
1440: Eton College founded by Henry VI.
1440s: The Golden Horde breaks up into the Siberia Khanate, the Khanate of Kazan, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Crimean Khanate, and the Great Horde.
1440–1469: Under Moctezuma I, the Aztecs become the dominant power in Mesoamerica.
1440: Oba Ewuare comes to power in the West African city of Benin, and turns it into an empire.
1440: Reign of Moctezuma I begins as the fifth tlatoani of Tenochtitlan and emperor of the Aztec Empire.
1441: Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter, dies.
1441: Portuguese navigators cruise West Africa and reestablish the European slave trade with a shipment of African slaves sent directly from Africa to Portugal.
1441: A civil war between the Tutul Xiues and Cocom breaks out in the League of Mayapan. As a consequence, the league begins to disintegrate.
1442: Leonardo Bruni defines Middle Ages and Modern times.
1443: Abdur Razzaq visits India.
1443: King Sejong the Great publishes the hangul, the native phonetic alphabet system for the Korean language.
1444: The Albanian league is established in Lezha, Skanderbeg is elected leader. A war begins against the Ottoman Empire. An Albanian state is set up and lasts until 1479.
1444: Ottoman Empire under Sultan Murad II defeats the Polish and Hungarian armies under Władysław III of Poland and János Hunyadi at the Battle of Varna.
1445: The Kazan Khanate defeats the Grand Duchy of Moscow at the Battle of Suzdal.
1446: Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire.
1447: Wijaya Parakrama Wardhana, succeeds Suhita as ruler of Majapahit.
1449: Saint Srimanta Sankardeva was born.
1449: Esen Tayisi leads an Oirat Mongol invasion of China which culminate in the capture of the Zhengtong Emperor at Battle of Tumu Fortress.
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