Timeline of geopolitical changes (before 1500)

This is a timeline of geopolitical changes around the world prior to 1500. It includes dates of declarations of independence, changes in country name, changes of capital city or name, and changes in territorial ownership such as the annexation, occupation, cession, concession, or secession of land. Territorial conquests as a result of war are included on the timeline at the conclusion of major military campaigns, but changes in the course of specific battles and day-to-day operations are generally not included.

Timeline of geopolitical changes

Before the Common Era (BCE)

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Fourth Millennium BCE

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From the 4th Millennium BCE to the 2nd Millennium BCE, hundreds of proto-cities in the Near East, Egypt, and the Indus Valley transition into city-states.[1] Records of those geopolitical changes are complicated by mythologization, historical revisionism, missing information, lack of corroborating primary sources, and lack of archeological evidence.[2][3][4] Consequently, the tables in that range are not comprehensive.

Year Event
Before c.3200 BCE Prominent Sumerian city-states Eridu, Bad-tibira, Larak, Sippar, and Shuruppak exercise pre-dynastic kingship.[5]
c. 3200 BCE Protodynastic Egyptian Kings unify Upper Egypt's regional power centers of Thinis, Naqada, and Nekhen.[6]
The First Dynasty of Kish is established in the Sumerian city of Kish.[5]
The First Dynasty of Uruk is established in the Sumerian city of Uruk.[5]
c. 3080 BCE Narmer (or Menes) unites Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt under the First Dynasty of Egypt. Memphis becomes the capital of all Egypt.[7]

Third Millennium BCE

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Year Event
c. 2879 BCE Dương Vương establishes the Hồng Bàng dynasty in Vietnam.[8]
c. 2860 BCE Hotepsekhemwy establishes the Second Dynasty of Egypt.[9]
27th century BCE Mesannepada establishes the First Dynasty of Ur. Ur becomes the de facto capital of Sumer.[10]
c. 2700 BCE The Awan Dynasty is established in Elam.[11][12]
c. 2686 BCE Djoser establishes the Third Dynasty of Egypt, marking the beginning of The Old Kingdom of Egypt.[13][9]
c. 2655 BCE Sneferu establishes the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.[14]
25th century BCE The Elamite Awan Dynasty conquers the Sumerian First Dynasty of Ur.[5]
The Second Dynasty of Kish takes control of Sumer from the Elamite Awan Dynasty. The capital is Kish.[15]
The Dynasty of Hamazi supersedes the Second Dynasty of Kish in Sumer. The capital is moved from Kish to Hamazi.[5]
Userkaf establishes the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[16]
24th century BCE The Second Dynasty of Uruk supersedes the Dynasty of Hamazi in Sumer. The capital is moved from Hamazi to Uruk.[3]
The Dynasty of Adab supersedes the Second Dynasty of Uruk in Sumer. The capital is moved from Uruk to Adab.[17]
The Dynasty of Adab splits after the death of Lugal-Anne-Mundu. Lagash, Akshak, and Umma appear to have regained independence.[18]
The Dynasty of Mari consolidates control of Sumer. Mari is its capital.[18]
The Third Dynasty of Kish supersedes the Dynasty of Mari in Sumer. The capital is moved from Mari to Kish.
The Dynasty of Akshak supersedes the Third Dynasty of Kish in Sumer. The capital is moved from Kish to Akshak.
The Fourth Dynasty of Kish supersedes the Dynasty of Akshak in Sumer. The capital is moved from Akshak to Kish.
c. 2380 BCE The First Dynasty of Lagash supersedes the Fourth Dynasty of Kish in Sumer. The capital is moved from Kish to Lagash.
c. 2336 BCE Teti establishes the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
Late 24th century BCE Sargon of Akkad establishes the Akkadian Empire after conquering Sumer. Akkad is the capital.[19]
c. 2333 BCE Gojoseon is established on the Korean Peninsula.[20]
c. 2193 BCE The Akkadian Empire collapses after an invasion by the Gutian people.
c. 2181 BCE The Old Kingdom of Egypt collapses, beginning the First Intermediate Period of Egypt.[21]
c. 2175 BCE Netjerkare Siptah establishes the Seventh Dynasty of Egypt.
c. 2165 BCE Neferkare Pepiseneb establishes the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt.
c. 2160 BCE Meryibre Khety establishes the Ninth Dynasty of Egypt. Henen-nesut becomes the capital of Lower Egypt.
c. 2130 BCE Meryhathor establishes the Tenth Dynasty of Egypt in Lower Egypt.
Mentuhotep I establishes the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt. Thebes becomes the capital of Upper Egypt.
c. 2112 BCE Utu-hengal defeats the Gutians and establishes the Fifth Dynasty of Uruk.[22][23]
c. 2070 BCE Yu the Great establishes the Xia dynasty in China. Yangcheng and Zhenxun are the capitals.
c. 2055 BCE The Middle Kingdom of Egypt is established.[24]
c. 2047 BCE Ur-Nammu establishes the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur. Ur is the capital.
c. 2025 BCE Puzur-Ashur I establishes the Old Assyrian Empire. Assur is the capital.[25][26][27]
c. 2004 BCE The Third Dynasty of Ur collapses after an Elamite invasion

Second Millennium BCE

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Year Event
c. 1991 BCE Amenemhat I establishes the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt and builds Amenemhat-itj-tawy to be the new capital.[28]
c. 1894 BCE Sumu-abum establishes the First Babylonian Dynasty. Babylon is the capital.
c. 1810 BCE Sumu-Epuh establishes Yamhad. Halab (Aleppo) is the capital.[29]
c. 1803 BCE Wegaf Khutawyre establishes the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt.[30]
Early 18th century BCE Hammurabi establishes the Babylonian Empire.[31]
c. 1705 BCE Nehesy establishes the Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt.[32] Avaris is the capital.[33]
c. 1700 BCE The Middle Kingdom of Egypt collapses, beginning the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt.[34]
c. 1650 BCE Salitis establishes the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Avaris is the capital.[35][36][37]
c. 1620 BCE Djehuti establishes the Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Thebes is the capital.
c. 1600 BCE Tang establishes the Shang dynasty in China.[38] Yin is the capital.
c. 1580 BCE Rahotep Sekhenrewahkhaw establishes the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt.[36]
c. 1550 BCE The New Kingdom of Egypt is established.[39]
c. 1534 BCE Agum II establishes the rule of the Kassites in Mesopotamia. Babylon becomes the capital.
Pharaoh Ahmose I establishes the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
c. 1390 BCE Kurigalzu I a Kassite king in Mesopotamia moves the capital to Dur-Kurigalzu.[40]
c. 1363 BCE Ashur-uballit I establishes the Middle Assyrian Empire. Assur is the capital.[41]
c. 1345 BCE Pharaoh Akhenaten of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt moves the capital to Amarna (Akhetaton).[42]
c. 1332 BCE Collapse of the Indus Valley civilisation.
1330s BCE Pharaoh Tutankhamun of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt moves the capital to Memphis.[43]
c. 1295 BCE Muwatalli II of the Hittite empire moves capital to Tarhuntassa.[44]
c. 1292 BCE Pharaoh Ramesses I establishes the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.[45]
c. 1272 BCE Mursili III of the Hittite empire moves capital back to Hattusa.
c. 1243 BCE Ashur-nadin-apli of the Middle Assyrian Empire moves capital back to Assur.
Tukulti-Ninurta I of the Middle Assyrian Empire moves capital to Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta.
c. 1230 BCE Pharaoh Ramesses II builds a new capital for the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt at the site of Avaris and names it Pi-Ramesses Aa-nakhtu.
c. 1188 BCE Pharaoh Setnakhte establishes the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt.
c. 1184 BCE Greeks destroy the city-state of Troy.
c. 1100 BCE Jin is established in China.
c. 1077 BCE The New Kingdom of Egypt collapses, beginning the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
c. 1070 BCE Pharaoh Nesbanebdjed I establishes the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt. Tanis becomes the capital.
c. 1047 BCE Shaul ben Qysh establishes the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah. Gibeah is the capital.
c. 1046 BCE Shangfu establishes Qi in China. Yingqiu is the capital.
Wu establishes Western Zhou dynasty in China. Fenghao is the capital.
c. 1043 BCE Bo Qin establishes Lu in China. Qufu is the capital.
c. 1004 BCE King David conquers the city of Jebus and makes the renamed City of David (now Jerusalem) the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah.

First Millennium BCE

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Year Date Event
c. 945 BCE Pharaoh Shoshenq I establishes the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.
c. 930 BCE The Kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam I separates from the Kingdom of Judah under Rehoboam. Samaria becomes the capital of Israel, while Jerusalem remains the capital of Judah.
911 BCE Adad-nirari II establishes the New Assyrian Empire.
c. 910 BCE Feizi establishes Qin in China.
Earliest city-states in Ancient Greece.
879 BCE Ashurnasirpal II moves the capital of the New Assyrian Empire to Kalhu.
c. 875 BCE Pharaoh Pedubast I establishes the Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt. Thebes is the capital of Upper Egypt.
808 BCE Karanus establishes the Argead Dynasty of Macedon and builds Aigai to be the capital.
770 BCE Ping establishes the Eastern Zhou dynasty in China. Wangcheng is the capital.
753 BCE 21 April Romulus establishes the Kingdom of Rome. The new city of Rome becomes the capital.
745 BCE Tiglath-Pileser III founds the Neo-Assyrian Empire, annexing the city of Babylon
c. 740 BCE Nubian King Piye establishes the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and rules Egypt from Napata in Nubia.
734–733 BCE The city of Syracuse, Sicily is founded by settlers from Corinth and Tenea.
732 BCE The Assyrians conquer Damascus, ending the kingdom of Aram-Damascus.
c. 728 BCE Pharaoh Tefnakhte establishes the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt. Sais becomes the capital.
720 BCE Traditional date for the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel at the hands of the Assyrians.
717 BCE The Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish falls to the Assyrians.
713 BCE The Neo-Hittite states of Tabal and Hilakku fall to the Assyrians.
706 BCE The capital of Assyria moves from Nimrud to Dur-Sharrukin.
705 BCE The capital of Assyria moves from Dur-Sharrukin to Nineveh.
c. 700 BCE Phoenicians establish a colony in Malta with Maleth as capital.
695 BCE Gordium, capital of Phrygia, is destroyed by the Cimmerians, resulting in Phrygia being ruled by the Lydians.
694 BCE Deioces is elected the first King of the Medes. Ecbatana (now Hamadan) is the capital.
671 BCE Esarhaddon captures Memphis and drives the Kushites out of Lower Egypt, and establishes local rulers in the delta region.
c. 664 BCE Pharaoh Necho I establishes the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Sais is the capital.
660 BCE 11 February Emperor Jimmu establishes the Empire of Japan.
657 BCE Byzantium is settled by colonists from Megara.
653 BCE After the Battle of Ulai, Elam is vassalized by the Assyrians.
650 BCE Ancient Carthage is established.
640 BCE The Assyrians conquer Elam.
626 BCE November The Neo-Babylonian Empire is established.[46]
620 BCE Uruk and Nippur are conquered by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
615 BCE October or November The Medes conquer Arrapha from the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
612 BCE Nineveh falls to a coalition of the Medes and Babylonians
609 BCE Harran, the new capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, is destroyed by the Medes and Babylonians
605 BCE With the Battle of Carchemish, the Neo-Assyrian Empire is destroyed and replaced by a balance of power between Babylon, Media, Lydia and Egypt.
586 BCE Traditional date for the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah at the hands of the Babylonians.
550 BCE Cyrus the Great establishes the Achaemenid Empire and makes Pasargadae the new capital.
546 BCE Cyrus the Great conquers the Lydian Empire
543 BCE Prince Vijaya establishes the Sinhala Kingdom at Tambapanni and makes Tambapaṇṇī the new capital, in Sri Lanka.
539 BCE Cyrus the Great conquers the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
535 BCE Cyrus the Great conquers the Gandhara Kingdom.
Cyrus the Great conquers Phoenicia.
525 BCE May Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt and establishes the Persian Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt as Pharaoh Cambyses II.
515 BCE Darius the Great moves the capital of the Achaemenid Empire to Persepolis.
509 BCE The Roman Republic supersedes the Kingdom of Rome.
492 BCE The Kingdom of Macedonia is conquered by the Achaemenid Empire.
479 BCE The Delian League is established.
The Kingdom of Macedonia becomes independent of the Achaemenid Empire.
409 BCE Selinus and Himera in Sicily are destroyed by Carthage.
406 BCE Akragas in Sicily is abandoned by the Greeks and sacked by Carthage.
405 BCE Gela and Camarina in Sicily are abandoned by the Greeks and sacked by Carthage.
404 BCE Amyrtaeus expels the Persians from Egypt and establishes the Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt as Pharaoh Amyrtaeus. Sais is the capital.
Athens surrenders to Sparta and her allies, resulting in the dismemberment of the Delian League and a temporary Spartan hegemony.
403 BCE Zhao arises from the division of Jin.
Han arises from the division of Jin.
Wei arises from the division of Jin.
399 BCE Autumn Pharaoh Nefaarud I establishes the Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt. Mendes becomes the capital.
387 BCE The Peace of Antalcidas imposes Persian rule on the Greek cities of Asia and Cyprus.
380 BCE November Pharaoh Nectanebo I establishes the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt. Sebennytos becomes the capital.
377 BCE The Anuradhapura Kingdom is established.
376 BCE Fall of Jin in China.
375 BCE Zheng annexed by Han.
343 BCE Artaxerxes III of Persia reconquers Egypt and establishes the Persian Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt as Pharaoh Artaxerxes III.
338 BCE Philip II of Macedon unites Greece.
332 BCE Alexander the Great of Macedon conquers Persian-occupied Egypt and establishes the Argead Dynasty of Egypt as Pharaoh Alexander III. Alexander builds a new capital at Alexandria.
331 BCE The Kingdom of Armenia is established. Dvin is the capital.
330 BCE Alexander the Great conquers the Achaemenid Empire and makes Babylon the capital.
329 BCE Alexander conquers Samarkand.
323 BCE Alexander the Great of Macedon dies and his empire splits.
322 BCE Chandragupta establishes the Maurya Empire of ancient India. Pataliputra (now Patna) is the capital.
316 BCE The states of Shu and Ba are conquered by King Huiwen of Qin.
312 BCE Macedonian general Seleucus establishes the Seleucid Empire. Babylon is the capital.
309 BCE Seleucus I Nicator forms the Seleucid Empire after conquering Babylonia, Media, and Elam from Antigonus I Monophthalmus in the Babylonian War, leaving him with one-third of his empire.
306 BCE Following the death of Alexander IV of Macedon, Antigonus I Monophthalmus declares himself an independent king, soon to by followed by his fellow Diadochi Ptolemy I Soter, Seleucus I Nicator, Lysimachus, and Cassander.
305 BCE Macedonian general Ptolemy establishes the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt as King Ptolemy I Soter.
302 BCE Parnavaz I founds the Kingdom of Iberia in the Caucasus.
301 BCE The death of Antigonus I Monophthalmus at the Battle of Ipsus results in his kingdom being divided between the remaining Diadochi, namely Ptolemy I Soter, Seleucus I Nicator, Lysimachus, and Cassander.
c. 300 BCE The Chola dynasty is established.
294 BCE Demetrius I of Macedon kills Alexander V of Macedon, and in claiming the throne loses Thebes to a revolt.
291 BCE Demetrius Poliorcetes captures Thebes after a successful siege.
281 BCE Lysimachus dies at the Battle of Corupedium, his empire falling to the Seleucids.
266 BCE Ashoka unifies most of South Asia.
238 BCE Arsaces I of Parthia establishes the Arsacid Dynasty of Parthia. Hecatompylus becomes the capital.
Sardinia and Corsica become Roman provinces.
Sicily becomes the first Roman province.
230 BCE Han is conquered by Qin.
225 BCE Wei is conquered by Qin.
222 BCE Zhao is conquered by Qin.
Yan is conquered by Qin.
221 BCE Qin Shi Huang unifies ancient China and establishes the Qin dynasty in China. Xianyang is the capital.
Qi is conquered by Qin.
211 BCE The Romans capture Syracuse.
209 BCE The Romans conquer Cartagena from the Carthaginians, bringing Carthaginian Spain under Roman control.
206 BCE Fall of the Qin dynasty in China.
204 BCE Zhao Tuo establishes Nanyue in what is now Southern China. Panyu is the capital.
202 BCE 28 February Gaozu establishes the Western Han dynasty in China. Chang'an is the capital.
The Kingdom of Numidia is established. Cirta is the capital.
c. 200 BCE The Nabataean Empire is established. Petra is the capital.
194 BCE Wanggeom-seong becomes the capital of Wiman Joseon on the Korean Peninsula.
The Seleucids take control of Coele Syria and Judea from Ptolemaic Egypt.
The Romans force Philip of Macedon to abandon Greece in the Peace of Flamininus, while allowing him to maintain Macedon itself.
185 BCE The Shunga Empire is formed after the Mauryan Empire is destroyed.
180 BCE Demetrius I of Bactria invades India, forming the Indo-Greek Kingdom.
168 BCE The Romans dissolve the Kingdom of Macedon after the Battle of Pydna.
150 BCE The Kingdom of Aksum is established.
148 BCE Mithridates I of Parthia conquers Ecbatana.
146 BCE The Romans conquer Iberia.
Ancient Carthage is disestablished.
The Romans conquer Corinth and dissolve the Achaean League.
The Roman provinces of Macedon and Achaea are formed.
135 BCE The western half of Minyue is conquered by the Han dynasty.
133 BCE Upon the death of Attalus III, he wills his kingdom of Pergamon to the Roman Republic.
The Romans conquer Celtiberia following the Siege of Numantia.
111 BCE By this date, the Han dynasty under Wu had conquered much of what is today Southern China and Northern Vietnam from Nanyue. Start of the First Chinese domination of Vietnam.
75 BCE The Kanva dynasty is established.
63 BCE The Romans conquer Jerusalem.
The Romans annex western Pontus and create a client state out of the Eastern portion under Pharnaces II.
5850 BCE The Romans conquer Gaul.
57 BCE Hyeokgeose establishes Silla on the southeast Korean Peninsula. Gyeongju is the capital.
43 BCE The Romans begin their conquest of Great Britain.
37 BCE Dongmyeong establishes Goguryeo on the northern Korean Peninsula. Jolbon is the capital.
Romans annex the Kingdom of Numidia.
35 BCE The Romans conquer the city of Sirmium (present-day Sremska Mitrovica).
30 BCE 1 August Roman consul Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus conquers the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Octavianus organizes Egypt as a province under his personal control.
27 BCE 16 January The Roman Senate grants Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus the title Augustus. This effectively ends the Roman Republic and establishes the Roman Empire.
18 BCE Onjo establishes Baekje on the central Korean Peninsula. Wiryeseong is the capital.

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First Millennium CE

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1st century

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Year Date Event
3 The Goguryeo of Korea moves its capital from Jolbon to Gungnae.
5 The Romans conquer much of the Middle East.
9 Wang Mang establishes the Xin dynasty in China.
12 The Romans conquer the Artaxiad dynasty.
19 The Indo-Parthian Kingdom splits off from the Parthian Empire. Taxila is the capital.
25 Guangwu establishes the Eastern Han dynasty in China.
30 Kujula Kadphises establishes the Kushan Empire.
40 The Trưng Sisters rebel against Chinese rule in Vietnam, ending the First Chinese domination of Vietnam.[47]
42 The Gaya confederacy is established in the south of the Korean peninsula.
43 Beginning of the Second Chinese domination of Vietnam.[47]
44 The Romans conquer Mauretania.
71–84 The Romans conquer Wales and southern Scotland.
83 The Romans establish the provinces of Germania Inferior and Germania Superior.
93 Xianbei emerges as a tribal federation of nomadic tribes.

2nd century

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Year Date Event
106 The Roman province of Roman Dacia is established.
The Romans conquer the Nabataean Empire and establish the province of Arabia Petraea.
114–116 A war with the Parthian Empire leads to parts of Mesopotamia being annexed to the Roman Empire.
136 After the Bar Kokhba revolt, the Romans dissolve the province of Judea and incorporate it into Syria Palaestina.
c. 180 Buyeo is established in Northeast Asia.
192 The first kingdom of the Champa is established.

3rd century

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220 Wen establishes Cao Wei in China. Xuchang and Luoyang are the capitals.
221 Zhaolie establishes Shu Han in China. Chengdu is the capital.
222 Da establishes Eastern Wu in China. Wuchang and Jianye are the capitals.
224 The Indo-Parthian Kingdom is dissolved.
The Sasanian Empire is established in Persia and follows the Parthian Empire.
234 Xianbei is dissolved.
240 The Gupta Empire is established in India.
260 Syrian Queen Zenobia breaks from the Roman Empire and establishes the Palmyrene Empire. Palmyra is the capital.
Postumus (Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus) breaks from the Roman Empire and establishes the Gallic Empire. Colonia Agrippina (now Cologne, Germany) is the capital.
266 Wu establishes the Western Jin dynasty in China. Luoyang and Chang'an are the capitals.
269 The Palmyrene Empire conquers the Roman Province of Egypt.
Roman Emperor Claudius II recovers Hispania from the Gallic Empire.
271 Roman Dacia is abandoned.
273 Roman Emperor Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) conquers the Gallic Empire, which is subsumed back into the Roman Empire.
274 Roman Emperor Aurelian conquers the Palmyrene Empire, which is subsumed back into the Roman Empire.
286 1 April Roman Emperor Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) appoints Maximian (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius) as his co-emperor, splitting the Roman Empire into a dyarchy with capitals at Mediolanum (now Milan, Italy) and Augusta Treverorum (now Trier, Germany).
293 Roman co-emperors Diocletian and Maximian split the Roman Empire into a tetrarchy with capitals at Mediolanum (now Milan, Italy), Augusta Treverorum (now Trier, Germany), Nicomedia (now İzmit, Turkey), and Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia).

4th century

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301 3 September Saint Marinus establishes the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, declaring independence from the Roman Empire. The City of San Marino is the capital.
304 Guangwen establishes Han Zhao in China.
Wu establishes Cheng Han in China. Chengdu is the capital.
317 Yuan establishes the Eastern Jin dynasty in China. Jiankang is the capital.
319 Ming establishes Later Zhao in China.
320 Ming establishes Former Liang in China.
324 18 September Constantine the Great reunites the Roman Empire. Nicomedia (now İzmit, Turkey) becomes the capital.
330 11 May Roman Emperor Constantine the Great builds a new capital for the Roman Empire at Byzantium which he renames Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey).[48]
337 Wenming establishes Former Yan in China.
351 Jingming establishes Former Qin in China.
358 Franks are allowed to settle in Toxandria (present-day Belgium).
370 The Bosporan Kingdom is disestablished.
Huns appear north of the Black Sea.
375 Fall of the Kushan Empire in India.[49]
384 Chengwu establishes Later Yan in China.
Wuzhao establishes Later Qin in China. Chang'an is the capital.
Liewen establishes Western Yan in China.
385 Xuanlie establishes Western Qin in China.
386 Yiwu establishes Later Liang in China. Guzang is the capital.
Daowu establishes the Northern Wei dynasty in China.
395 17 January At his death, Roman emperor Theodosius I permanently splits the Roman Empire between his two sons: Arcadius rules the Eastern Roman Empire from Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey), and Honorius rules the Western Roman Empire from Mediolanum (now Milan, Italy).
397 Wu establishes Southern Liang in China.
Duan Ye establishes Northern Liang in China.
398 Xianwu establishes Southern Yan in China.

5th century

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Year Date Event
400 Wuzhao establishes Western Liang in China.
402 The capital of the Western Roman Empire is moved to Ravenna.
405 A mixed group of barbarians including Vandals, Alans, and Suebi enter the Western Roman Empire in the Crossing of the Rhine.
407 Qujie establishes Xia in China.
Ziyu establishes Northern Yan in China.
411 The Burgundians establish a kingdom on the western bank of the Rhine.
418 The Visigoths establish a kingdom in southern Gaul.
420 Wu establishes the Liu Song dynasty in China. Jiankang is the capital.
426 The Alans leave Hispania.
427 The Goguryeo of Korea moves its capital from Gungnae City to Pyongyang.
428 The Kingdom of Armenia is annexed by the Sasanian Empire.
429 The Vandals enter Africa.
430 The Vandals conquer Corsica from the Western Roman Empire.
435 The Vandals establish the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa.
439 The Vandals take Carthage.
c. 440 Attila the Hun establishes the Hunnic Empire north of the Danube.
451–453 The Huns attack the Western Roman Empire.
c. 455 The Kingdom of Kent is founded. Canterbury is the capital.
457–461 Western Roman Emperor Majorian makes a concerted effort to try to restore the Empire, and reconquers most of Hispania and southern Gaul.
469 The Hunnic Empire is disestablished after Dengizich dies.
475 The Baekje of Korea moves its capital from Wirye to Ungjin by pressure from Goguryeo.
476 4 September The Germanic leader Odoacer forces Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus to abdicate, bringing the Western Roman Empire to an end.
479 Gao establishes the Southern Qi dynasty in China. Jiankang is the capital.
c. 477 The Kingdom of Sussex is established. Chichester is the capital.
480 A Roman rump state, Roman Dalmatia, is disestablished after Julius Nepos is murdered.
481 The Frankish Empire is established by Clovis I and includes large areas of the former Western Roman Empire. Tournai is the capital.[50]
486 The Kingdom of Soissons, a Roman rump state ruled by Syagrius, is conquered by the Franks.
490 Odoacer is defeated at the river Adda by the Goths and flees.
493 The Ostrogoths establish the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy.
494 Buyeo is conquered by Goguryeo.

6th century

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c. 500 The Ghana Empire is established.
502 Wu establishes the Liang dynasty in China.
508 Frankish King Clovis the Frank makes Paris the capital of the Frankish Kingdom.
519 The Kingdom of Wessex is established. Winchester is the capital.
522 The Byzantine Empire conquers Corsica from the Vandals.
527 Mercia is established in Anglo-Saxon England. Tamworth is the capital.
534 Wen establishes the Western Wei dynasty in China.
Xiaojing establishes the Eastern Wei dynasty in China.
538 The Baekje of Korea moves its capital from Ungjin to Sabi.
The Vandal Kingdom is conquered by the Byzantine Empire.
543 Fall of the Gupta Empire in India.
544 Lý Nam Đế establishes the Early Lý dynasty in Vietnam, ending the Second Chinese domination of Vietnam.
550 Wenxuan establishes the Northern Qi dynasty in China.
552 The First Turkic Khaganate is established.
553 The Ostrogothic Kingdom is conquered by the Byzantine Empire.
555 Xuan establishes the Western Liang dynasty in China.
Garibald I becomes the first documented duke of the Duchy of Bavaria.
557 Xiaomin establishes the Northern Zhou dynasty in China.
Wu establishes the Chen dynasty in China.
568 The Kingdom of the Lombards is established. Pavia is the capital.
570 The Duchy of Spoleto is established. Spoleto is the capital.
571 The Duchy of Benevento is established.
580 The Sasanian Empire annexes the Kingdom of Iberia.
581 Wen establishes the Sui dynasty in China. Chang'an is the capital.
585 The Visigothic Kingdom conquers the Kingdom of the Suebi.

7th century

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c. 600 The Duchy of Croatia is established.
The Frisian Kingdom is established. Dorestad is the capital.
602 The Early Lý dynasty of Vietnam is conquered by the Sui dynasty of China, beginning the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam.
The Duchy of Aquitaine is established.
The Duchy of Gascony is established.
605 The Sui dynasty in China moves its capital from Chang'an to Luoyang.
610 The Eastern Roman Empire transforms into the Greek-oriented Byzantine Empire.
618 18 June Gaozu establishes the Tang dynasty in China. Chang'an and Luoyang are the capitals.
Songtsen Gampo establishes the Tibetan Empire. Lhasa is the capital.
628 Hwicce becomes a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia.
630 11 January The Islamic prophet Muhammad (Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh) conquers Mecca and unites Arabia. Medina is the capital.
632 Abu Bakr establishes the Rashidun Caliphate, the first great Muslim empire. Medina is the capital.
634 The Anglian kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira unite to form Northumbria.
640 The Rashidun Caliphate conquers Egypt from the Byzantine Empire.
643 The Rashidun Caliphate conquers Tripolitania from the Byzantine Empire.
651 The Sasanian Empire collapses after the conquest of Persia by the Rashidun Caliphate.
650 The Srivijaya Empire is established.
654 Arminiya is established. Dvin is the capital.
656 The Rashidun Caliphate moves its capital from Medina to Kufa.
661 Muawiyah I establishes the Umayyad Caliphate, which follows the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus is the capital.
The Duchy of Naples is established as a province of the Byzantine Empire and soon becomes a de facto independent state. Naples is the capital.
676 Silla unifies the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Gyeongju is the capital.
680 The Kingdom of Ceredigion changes its name to the Kingdom of Seisyllwg.
681 Khan Asparukh crosses the Danube Delta and settles in the Ongal area (Southern Bessarabia or northern Dobruja). Asparukh, with his Slav allies, defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV and establishes the First Bulgarian Empire. Pliska is the capital.
682 The Second Turkic Khaganate becomes independent of the Tang dynasty.
690 King Go establishes Balhae in Manchuria and the northern Korean Peninsula.
Wu Zhao establishes Wu Zhou in China. Shendu is the capital.
Muslims conquer North Africa.[51]
697 The Republic of Venice is established. Eraclea is the capital.

8th century

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Year Date Event
705 The Tang dynasty in China is restored under Zhongzong.
710 The Nara period begins in Japan.
711 A Berber force under the Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad, loyal to the Emir of Damascus, enters the Iberian peninsula from North Africa, thus starting the foundation of Al-Andalus.
717 Córdoba becomes the capital of Muslim Al-Andalus.
718 The Kingdom of Asturias is established.
The second Arab siege of Constantinople ends with the destruction of a large part of the Umayyad Caliphate's fleet. This prevents the complete conquest of the Byzantine Empire by the Muslims.
722 The Kingdom of Asturias defeats the Muslim Al-Andalus in the Battle of Covadonga. This marks the beginning of the Reconquista, which lasted for over 700 years.
725 The Lombards conquer Corsica from the Byzantine Empire.
732 10 October By winning the Battle of Tours, the Franks defeat the Umayyad invasion of Gaul and halt further Muslim expansion into Christian Europe.
734 The Franks annex the Frisian lands between the Vlie and the Lauwers.
742 The Republic of Venice moves its capital from Eraclea to Malamocco.
744 The Uyghur Khaganate follows the Second Turkic Khaganate.
The Franks conquer Alemannia.
750 The Abbasid Caliphate follows the Umayyad Caliphate. Kufa is the capital.[52]
Gopala I establishes the Pala Dynasty in India.
751 The Exarchate of Ravenna, the center of Byzantine power in Italy, is disestablished after the Lombards invade.
The Abbasid Caliphate defeats the Tang dynasty in the Battle of Talas, thus conquering Transoxania and spreading Islam in Central Asia.[53]
The Imamate of Oman is established.
754 The Papal States are established. Rome is the capital.
756 Abd al-Rahman I establishes the Emirate of Córdoba as an Umayyad exile empire on the Iberian Peninsula. Córdoba is the capital.
759 The Franks conquer Septimania.
761 The Rustamid dynasty is established in North Africa.
762 Baghdad becomes the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate for the first time.
768–769 The Franks conquer Aquitania.
769 The Franks conquer Gascony.
774 The Franks conquer the Kingdom of the Lombards (Italy).
The Lombard Duchy of Benevento in the south of Italy effectively becomes independent and becomes the Principality of Benevento.
785 The Franks defeat Widukind, thereby conquering the remaining Frisian lands east of the Lauwers and vassalizing Saxony.
787 The Duchy of Benevento submits to Frankish overlordship but retains effective autonomy.
788 The Franks conquer Bavaria.[54]
The Franks annex Chieti from the Principality of Benevento to the Duchy of Spoleto.
794 Kyoto becomes the capital of Japan.
795 The Franks create the Marca Hispanica as a buffer against Muslim Al-Andalus.
796 The capital of the Abbasid Caliphate is moved to Raqqa.

9th century

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800 Charlemagne establishes the Carolingian Empire. While Rome is the official capital of the empire, Aix-la-Chapelle is the de facto capital.
Saxony is integrated into the Frankish Kingdom as the Duchy of Saxony.
801 The County of Barcelona is established. Barcelona is the capital.
802 Jayavarman II establishes the Khmer Empire.
807 The County of Aragon is established.
810 The Republic of Venice moves its capital from Malamocco to Venice.
814 Cornwall loses its independence to Wessex, possibly becoming a sub-kingdom.
820 The title Count of Aragon is usurped and Aragon ceases to be a vassal of the Franks.
821 The Tahirid dynasty is established in Persia. Merv is the capital.
824 The Kingdom of Pamplona (later Navarre) is established.
825 The Kingdom of Essex is ceded to Wessex.
The Kingdom of Sussex becomes subject to Wessex.
828 Carantania is absorbed into Bavaria
831 September Palermo, Sicily is captured by the Aghlabid Emirate of Ifriqiya, is renamed al-Madinah, and becomes the capital of Muslim Sicily.
833 Great Moravia is established.
836 The capital of the Abbasid Caliphate is moved to Samarra.
840 The Uyghur Khaganate is destroyed by the Kyrgyz.
842 The Tibetan Empire disintegrates into various small states.
843 Charles the Bald, grandson of Emperor Charlemagne, makes Paris the capital of the Kingdom of the West Franks, established as the result of the Treaty of Verdun.
The Kingdom of Scotland (Kingdom of Alba) is unified.
The Carolingian Empire (Francia) is partitioned into three by the Treaty of Verdun, forming West, Middle, and East Francia.
846 The March of Tuscany is established. Lucca is the capital.
850 The Chimú Empire is established in South America.
851 The Principality of Salerno is partitioned from the Principality of Benevento.
The Kingdom of Brittany is established.
853 The Vikings establish the Kingdom of Dublin.
855 Middle Francia is partitioned into the Kingdom of Italy, Lotharingia, and the Kingdom of Provence by the Treaty of Prüm.
858 Æthelberht is crowned king of Sussex and Kent.
860 Æthelberht succeeds his brother Æthelbald as king of Wessex, thus uniting it with Sussex and Kent.
861 The Saffarid dynasty is established in Persia. Zaranj is the capital.
862 The County of Flanders is established. Bruges is the capital.
865 Danish Vikings conquer parts of England and found Daneslaw.
867 The Danes conquer Northumbria.
868 The Turkic Tulunids under Ahmad ibn Tulun split off from the Abbasids and rule over Egypt.
The County of Portugal is established. Braga is the capital.
869 The Danes conquer East Anglia.
c. 870 The Principality of Bohemia is established. Prague is the capital.
870 As a result of the Treaty of Meerssen, Lotharingia is divided between East and West Francia, and Provence is divided between East Francia, West Francia, and the Kingdom of Italy.
872 The Kingdom of Norway is unified.
873 The Byzantine Empire re-conquers Otranto from the Saracens.
The Tahirid Dynasty is conquered in Persia by the Saffarid Dynasty.
876 The Byzantine Empire re-conquers Bari.
878 The Emirate of Sicily takes Syracuse, Sicily from the Byzantine Empire.
879 The Kievan Rus' is established by Vikings. Novgorod is the capital.
880s Byzantine control in southern Italy is extended over most of Apulia and Calabria.
880 The Kings of West Francia cede their portion of Lotharingia to East Francia by the Treaty of Ribemont.
884 Arminiya is dissolved.
891 The Byzantine Empire conquers Benevento and establishes the theme of Longobardia.
Harald Fairhair unifies the Petty kingdoms of Norway and establishes the Kingdom of Norway. Stavanger becomes the capital.
893 The First Bulgarian Empire moves its capital from Pliska to Preslav.
895 Grand Prince Árpád establishes the Principality of Hungary.
Pannonia is reunited
896 The Sultanate of Showa is established.
898 The Electorate of Trier is established.

10th century

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Year Date Event
902 The Byzantine city of Taormina, Sicily falls to the Emirate of Ifriqiya.
903 Gaozu establishes Former Shu in China. Chengdu is the capital.
905 The Khúc clan establishes de facto rule over Vietnam.
906 The Duchy of Franconia is established.
907 Taizu establishes Min in China. Changle is the capital.
The Fatimids take Raqqada from the Aghlabid Emirate of Ifriqiya, establishing the Fatimid Caliphate.
Taizu establishes the Later Liang dynasty in China. Luoyang and Kaifeng are the capitals.
Liezu establishes Yang Wu in China.
Wumu establishes Ma Chu in China.
Taizu establishes Wuyue in China.
Collapse of the Tang dynasty in China.
909 Fall of the Rustamid dynasty in North Africa.
The Abbasid Caliphate reconquers Egypt from the Tulunids.
910 10 December The Kingdom of Asturias moves its capital to León and becomes the Kingdom of León.
911 The Duchy of Normandy is founded by the Vikings. Rouen is the capital.
916 Taizu establishes the Liao dynasty in China.
916–917 Mercia and Wessex reconquer the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw from the Danes.
917 Gaozu establishes Southern Han in China. Xingwang is the capital.
918 King Taejo establishes Goryeo Dynasty on the Korean Peninsula. Gaegyeong is the official capital.
The Duchy of Burgundy is established.
The Kingdom of East Anglia is conquered by Wessex.
The Kingdom of Mercia is absorbed into Wessex.
920 The Kingdom of Seisyllwg unites with the Kingdom of Dyfed to form the Kingdom of Deheubarth.
The County of Horne is established in the Holy Roman Empire.
922 The County of Aragon falls under the control of the Kingdom of Pamplona.
923 Zhuangzong establishes the Later Tang dynasty in China. Luoyang is the capital.
924 Wuxin establishes Jingnan in China. Jingzhou is the capital.
925 Tomislav establishes the Kingdom of Croatia out of the Duchy of Croatia.
927 12 July King Athelstan of Wessex conquers the Kingdom of Northumbria, thus uniting all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms under one ruler and establishing what would come to be known as the Kingdom of England. Winchester is the capital.
929 The Caliphate of Córdoba follows the Emirate of Córdoba.
c. 930 Fall of the Aksumite Empire and beginning of the Zagwe dynasty in Ethiopia.
933 The Kingdom of Burgundy is established.
934 The Ikhshidid dynasty is established in Egypt. They rule as vassals of the Abbasid Caliphate. Fustat is the capital.
Gaozu establishes Later Shu in China. Chengdu is the capital.
The Buyid dynasty is established in Persia. Shiraz is the capital.
936 Gaozu establishes the Later Jin dynasty in China.
The Goryeo Dynasty unifies the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.
937 Liezu establishes Southern Tang in China. Jinling is the capital.
Taizu establishes Dali in what is now Southwest China.
938 Vietnam declares independence from the Southern Han of China, ending the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam.
939 Ngô Quyền establishes the Ngô dynasty in Vietnam. Cổ Loa is the capital.
The Duchy of Brittany follows the Kingdom of Brittany.
941 Jórvík reoccupies the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw for the Danes.
942 England re-takes the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw.
947 Gaozu establishes the Later Han dynasty in China. Bianzhou is the capital.
948 The first Emirs of Sicily, the Kalbids, are appointed, establishing the Emirate of Sicily.
951 Taizu establishes the Later Zhou dynasty in China. Kaifeng is the capital.
Shizu establishes Northern Han in China. Taiyuan is the capital.
953 The Electorate of Cologne is established. Cologne is the capital.
954 The Viking Kingdom of Jórvík (the Viking-ruled portion of the former Kingdom of Northumbria) is conquered by England, thus ending the Danelaw.
958 The Republic of Genoa is established. Genoa is the capital.
959 Lower Lorraine is established.
c. 960 Mieszko I establishes the Duchy of Poland.
960 3 January Taizu establishes the Northern Song dynasty in China. Kaifeng is the capital.
961 King Otto I of Germany invades the Kingdom of Italy (of which his wife Adelaide of Italy was already queen) and is crowned King.
The Kingdom of Nri is established in West Africa.
962 2 February King Otto I of Germany and Italy has himself crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope, thereby forming the Holy Roman Empire. Rome is the official capital.
c. 965 The Byzantine Empire establishes the theme of Lucania.
The Byzantine Empire establishes the Catepanate of Italy.
The Kalbids take the last remaining Byzantine territory in Sicily.
965 The Ngô dynasty of Vietnam collapses.
968 Đinh Bộ Lĩnh establishes the Đinh dynasty in Vietnam. Hoa Lư is the capital.
969 The Fatimids conquer Egypt from the Ikhshidids and establish the city of Cairo.
971 The First Bulgarian Empire moves its capital from Preslav to Ohrid.
974 The Heian period begins in Japan. Kyoto is the capital.
975 Erik Segersäll becomes the first king of Sweden.
976 The Duchy of Carinthia is established.
977 The Ghaznavid dynasty is established in Persia. Ghazni is the capital.
980 Lê Hoàn establishes the Early Lê dynasty in Vietnam. Hoa Lư is the capital.
981 The County of Namur is established in the Holy Roman Empire.
985 The Prince-Bishopric of Liège is established in the Holy Roman Empire.
987 Hughe Capet confirms Paris as the capital of the Kingdom of the West Franks (soon to become the Kingdom of France).

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11th century

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Year Date Event
c. 1000 The Republic of Pisa is established. Pisa is the capital.
1000 King Stephen I establishes the Kingdom of Hungary. Esztergom and Székesfehérvár are royal seats.
1003 Leif Ericson discovers Newfoundland, off the Atlantic coast of North America, and establishes a short-lived colony at L'Anse aux Meadows.
Fall of the Saffarid dynasty in Persia.
The County of Savoy is established in the Holy Roman Empire.
1005 The Republic of Genoa is established. Genoa is the capital.
1008 The Kingdom of Georgia is established from the union of all of the Christian states of Georgia. Kutaisi is the capital.
1009 Thái Tổ establishes the Lý dynasty in Vietnam.
1012 The County of Zeeland is established in the Holy Roman Empire. Middelburg is the capital.
1016 The North Sea Empire, under King Cnut the Great, which included England, Denmark, Norway, and parts of Northern Germany, Scotland, and Sweden, is created by a personal union. Ribe is the capital.
1018 Northumbrian territory north of the River Tweed is ceded to Scotland.
The First Bulgarian Empire ends with the annexation of the last territories by the Byzantine Empire.[55]
1018–1054 At some point between 1018 and 1054, the Kingdom of Strathclyde is conquered by Scotland.
1024 The Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht is established in the Holy Roman Empire.
1025 Under Rajendra I, the Chola dynasty subjugates large parts of Southeast Asia.
Bolesław I establishes the Kingdom of Poland.
1030 Kievan Rus' conquers Ugandi County in southeastern Estonia.
1032 The Kingdom of Burgundy is inherited by Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, and incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire.
1035 The territory that would come to be the Kingdom of Aragon is united under Ramiro I of Aragon.
1037 Sultan Tughril establishes the Seljuk Empire as one of the early Turkish empires. Nishapur is the capital.
1038 Jingzong establishes the Western Xia dynasty in China. Xingqing is the capital.
1040 The Almoravid dynasty is founded in what is now Morocco. Aghmat is the capital.
1042 The Norman County of Apulia and Calabria is established.
End of the North Sea Empire.
1043 The Kingdom of Aragon becomes de facto independent from the Kingdom of Pamplona.
The Seljuk Empire moves its capital from Nishapur to Rey.
1055 Vijayabahu I moves the capital of the Sinhala Kingdom to Polonnaruwa, establishing the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, in Sri Lanka.
1058 The Duchy of Schleswig is founded.
1059 23 August The County of Apulia and Calabria is raised to a duchy when Pope Nicholas II signs the Treaty of Melfi with the Norman princes Robert Guiscard and Richard I of Capua.
1061 Estonians reconquer Ugandi County from the Kievan Rus'.
Messina, Sicily, is captured from the Muslims by the Normans.
End of the Pala dynasty in India.
1062 The Buyid dynasty is dissolved.
The Almoravid dynasty moves its capital from Aghmat to Marrakesh.
1065 The kingdoms of Castile and Galicia are split from the Kingdom of León.
The Duchy of Limburg is established
1066 England is conquered by William, Duke of Normandy, thus bringing the Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy into a personal union.
1071 Palermo, the capital of the Emirate of Sicily, is taken by the Normans. The Norman County of Sicily is established.
1076 Muslim Almoravids conquer Ghana.
The kingdoms of Pamplona and Aragon are reunited in a personal union under Sancho Ramírez, who styles himself "King of the Aragonians and Pamplonese". The two kingdoms are now de jure separate entities.
The Abbasid Caliphate conquers Syria.
1077 The Khwarazmian dynasty is established in Persia and Central Asia. Gurganj is the capital.
1080 The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia is established. Tarsus is the capital.
1085 The Kingdom of Toledo is founded. Toledo is the capital.
The County Palatine of the Rhine is established. Heidelberg is the capital.
1088 The Principality of Taranto is established. Taranto is the capital.
Pope Urban II initiates the First Crusade in the Holy Land.
1091 Noto is conquered by the County of Sicily, completing the Norman conquest of Sicily and ending the Muslim Emirate of Sicily.
The County of Holland is founded. The Hague is the capital.
1092 William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, invades Cumberland (then part of Scotland) and incorporates it into England.
The Seljuk Empire is split up.
Pope Urban II awards Corsica and Sardinia to the Republic of Pisa.
1096 The County of Guelders is established. Geldern is the capital.
1097 King William II moves the capital of the Kingdom of England to London.
The County of Portugal becomes part of the Kingdom of León.
1098 Crusaders conquer Edessa and found the County of Edessa.
Crusaders conquer Antioch and establish the Principality of Antioch.
1099 Crusaders conquer Jerusalem and establish the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

12th century

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Year Date Event
1102 Start of the Union between the Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Hungary.
Crusaders conquer Tartus and found the County of Tripoli.
The Duchy of Westphalia is established. Arnsberg is the capital.
1108 The County of Nice is established. Nice is the capital.
1115 Taizu establishes the Jin dynasty in China.
The Republic of Florence is established. Florence is the capital.
1121 The Duchy of Pomerania is established.
1122 The Kingdom of Georgia moves its capital from Kutaisi to Tbilisi.
1124 Dezong establishes the Western Liao dynasty in what is now Northwest China and Central Asia. Balasagun is the capital.
1125 The Republic of Siena is established. Siena is the capital.
1126 Gaozong establishes the Southern Song dynasty in China. Lin'an is the capital.
The Jurchen conquer Kaifeng and end the Northern Song dynasty. Thus the Jin dynasty takes over in Northern China.[56]
1130 25 December The Norman Kingdom of Sicily is established; the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria is disestablished.
1136 The Novgorod Republic is established. Novgorod is the capital.
1137 The Duchy of Naples is annexed by the Kingdom of Sicily.
1138 The Duchy of Silesia is founded. Breslau is the capital.
1139 The Kingdom of Portugal gains independence from the Kingdom of León.
The County of Portugal declares independence from the Kingdom of León, as the Kingdom of Portugal.
1140 The County of Tyrol is established.
1144 The County of Edessa is conquered by the Seljuks.
1147 The Almohad Caliphate follows the Almoravid dynasty in al-Andalus and Northwest Africa. Tinmel is the capital.
1154 The Angevin Empire is created from a personal union between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France.
1156 17 September The Duchy of Austria is established. Vienna is the capital.
King Erik den helige of Sweden leads the first crusade to Finland and incorporates it with Sweden.
1157 The Margraviate of Brandenburg is established. Brandenburg an der Havel is the capital.
The Grand Duchy of Vladimir is established. Vladimir is the capital.
1160 The Republic of Lucca is founded. Lucca is the capital.
1162 The Viking Kingdom of Dublin is conquered by England.
Alfonso II/I ascends to the thrones of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona, establishing the Crown of Aragon.
The Principality of Catalonia follows the County of Barcelona.
1163 The Ghaznavid dynasty moves its capital from Ghazni to Lahore.
1171 Saladin establishes the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt and Syria. Cairo is the capital.
Fall of the Fatimids in Egypt.
The Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland emerges and dominates most of the island of Ireland. The rest of the island remained under the control of various Gaelic-Irish kingdoms or chieftains, who were often at war with the Anglo-Normans.
1172 Jämtland is conquered by the Kingdom of Norway.
1174 The Ayyubid dynasty moves its capital from Cairo to Damascus.
1180 The Kingdom of Benin is created with the foundation of the capital Edo.
Territories secede from the Duchy of Saxony
The Duchy of Styria is established. Graz is the capital.
1181 Pomerania becomes a fief of the Holy Roman Empire
1183 The Duchy of Brabant is established. Brussels is the capital.
1185 The Second Bulgarian Empire gains independence from the Byzantine Empire under Peter IV of Bulgaria.
In Japan, the Kamakura period begins with the assumption of power by the Kamakura shogunate.
1186 The Bishopric of Livonia establishes its first presence in modern Latvia.
The Ghaznawid dynasty is disestablished.
1190 The Principality of Arbanon is established.
1192 Crusaders establish the Kingdom of Cyprus.
The Duchy of Styria joins the Kingdom of Hungary.
1194 The Seljuk Empire is disestablished.
1197 The Kingdom of Deheubarth is disestablished.
1198 The Principality of Bohemia becomes the Kingdom of Bohemia. Prague remains the capital.
1199 The Principality of Galicia–Volhynia is established.

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1202 The Bishopric of Livonia is renamed the Bishopric of Riga.
1204 The Kingdom of France annexes the Duchy of Normandy.
The Empire of Nicaea is established as a successor state of the Byzantine Empire. Nicaea is the capital.
The Empire of Trebizond is established as a successor state of the Byzantine Empire. Trabizond is the capital.
Crusaders establish the Triarchy of Negroponte from areas of the Byzantine Empire. Chalcis is the capital.
Crusaders establish the Kingdom of Thessalonica from areas of the Byzantine Empire. Thessaloniki is the capital.
Crusaders establish the Principality of Achaia from areas of the Byzantine Empire. Andravida is the capital.
After the conquest of Constantinople, crusaders establish the Latin Empire, which follows the Byzantine Empire. Constantinople is the capital.
1205 The Despotate of Epirus is established as the successor state of the Byzantine Empire. Arta is the capital.
Crusaders establish the Duchy of Athens from areas of the Byzantine Empire. Athens is the capital.
1206 Qutb al-Din Aibak establishes the Delhi Sultanate. Lahore is the capital.
Genghis Khan establishes the Mongol Empire. Avarga is the capital.
1207 August The Bishopric of Riga cedes one-third of its lands to the Livonian Brothers of the Sword (established in 1202).
The Republic of Venice conquers the island of Crete.
Crusaders establish the Duchy of the Archipelago from areas of the Byzantine Empire. Naxos is the capital.
1210 The Mongol Empire captures much of the Western Liao dynasty.
The Delhi Sultanate moves its capital from Lahore to Badaun.
1212 The Principality of Anhalt is established. Weimar is the capital.
1214 The County of Luxembourg is established.
The Delhi Sultanate moves its capital from Badaun to Delhi.
The Angevin Empire ends.
1215 Fall of the Ghurid dynasty.
The Jaffna Kingdom is established, in Sri Lanka.
1216 The Principality of Wales is founded at the Council of Aberdyfi.
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword establish first presence in Southern Estonia.
1217 The Kingdom of Serbia is established.
The Papal States annex Corsica.
1218 The Principality of Wales is recognized in the Treaty of Worcester.
The Ayyubid dynasty moves its capital from Damascus back to Cairo.
1219 Denmark annexes the Northern Estonian counties of Revala, Harju County, Viru County, and Järva County as the Duchy of Estonia.
1220 King Vijayabahu III founds the Kingdom of Dambadeniya. The capital is Dambadeniya, in Sri Lanka.
1223 The Mongols defeat East Slavic warriors.
1224 21 July The Livonian Brothers of the Sword cede Southern Estonia to the Bishopric of Estonia (established in 1211). The bishopric returns some of the lands to the Sword Brothers.
24 July The Bishopric of Estonia cedes Wiek to the Bishopric of Riga.
August The Bishopric of Estonia is renamed the Bishopric of Dorpat.
The Kingdom of Thessalonica is conquered by the Despotate of Epirus.
1225 Thái Tông establishes the Trần dynasty in Vietnam.
The town of Riga gains independence from the Bishopric of Riga.
The Chagatai Khanate originates from parts of the Mongol Empire.
1226 The State of the Teutonic Order is founded. Marienburg is the capital.
1227 February The Bishopric of Riga and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword subjugate Saaremaa, the last independent Estonian county, and the Sword Brothers conquer Danish Estonia.
1228 August The Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek is established from the Western Estonian territory of the Bishopric of Riga. Some of its land is ceded to the Livonian Brothers of the Sword.
1230 The Emirate of Granada is established. Granada is the capital.
The Crown of Castile is formed by the union of the Kingdom of León with the Kingdom of Castile.
1231 Aragon completes the Conquest of Majorca and Menorca, establishing the Kingdom of Majorca as part of the Crown of Aragon.
Fall of the Khwarazmian dynasty in Persia.
1234 24 July The Bishopric of Courland is established from the Western Latvian territory of the Bishopric of Riga.
1235 September The Mali Empire is established.
Aragon conquers Ibiza, which becomes part of the Kingdom of Majorca.
Karakorum becomes the capital of the Mongol Empire.
The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg is established. Brunswick and Lüneburg are the capitals.
1236 The Mongols invade Northern Korea.
Mindaugas establishes the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Voruta is the capital.
1237 12 May The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are incorporated into the Teutonic Order as the autonomous Livonian Order.
1238 7 June The Treaty of Stensby returns Danish Estonia from the Livonian Order back to Denmark, while the order retains Jerwen.
Sweden conquers central Finland.
The Mongols conquer Crimea.
The Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek cedes some area in and around Leal in Western Estonia to the autonomous Livonian Order of the Teutonic Order.
The Kingdom of Sukhothai is founded in Siam. Sukhothai is the capital.
1240 Fall of Kievan Rus' after the Mongol conquest.
The Mongols conquer Tibet.
The Mongols conquer Volga Bulgaria.
1242 The Mongol Golden Horde conquers Russia. Sarai is the capital.
Upon receiving the news of Ögedei Khan's death, the Mongols withdraw from Europe, though they have already subjugated significant parts of Central and Eastern Europe.[57]
1243 26 June The Sultanate of Rum and the Empire of Trebizond became vassals of the Mongol Empire
1245 The Crown of Aragon completes the reconquest of what would become the Kingdom of Valencia up to the limits agreed upon in the Treaty of Almizra.
1250 The Ayyubid dynasty moves its capital from Cairo to Aleppo after the loss of Egypt.
Beginning of the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate over Egypt after the victory over the Mongols. Cairo is the capital.
1251 The Kingdom of Lithuania is established from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Kernavė is the capital.
1253 The Bishopric of Courland cedes some of its land to the autonomous Livonian Order of the Teutonic Order.
The Principality of Galicia-Volhynia becomes the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, a vassal state of the Golden Horde.
1254 The Mongols conquer the Dali Kingdom.
1255 20 January The Bishopric of Riga is elevated to the Archbishopric of Riga.
1256 King Béla IV moves the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary to Buda.
The Kingdom of Portugal moves its capital from Coimbra to Lisbon.
The Ilkhanate originates from parts of the Mongol Empire. Maragheh is the capital.
1258 11 May The Treaty of Corbeil formally ends French feudal overlordship of the counties in the Spanish March and Catalan counties in the March of Gothia.
The Mongols conquer Baghdad, precipitating the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate.
The Trần dynasty in Vietnam defeats and holds off Mongol invasions.
1259 11 August The death of Möngke Khan sets off a series of civil wars that eventually result in the political fragmentation of the Mongol Empire into four autonomous khanates.
1260 The Mongols conquer Aleppo. Fall of the Ayyubid dynasty.
1261 The Latin Empire is dissolved, and Constantinople falls again to the Byzantine Empire.
1263 After the death of Mindaugas, the Kingdom of Lithuania becomes again the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1264 The Landgravate of Hessen is established.
The Duchy of Ferrara is established. Ferrara is the capital.
1266 2 July Caithness and the territory of the Kingdom of the Isles (the Hebrides and Mann) is ceded to the Kingdom of Scotland by the Treaty of Perth.
1268 The Mamluks conquer the Principality of Antioch.
1270 Goryeo becomes a vassal state of the Mongol Empire.
1271 Shizu establishes the Yuan dynasty in China.
1272 1 February The Kingdom of Albania is established.
10 August Yekuno Amlak overthrows the Zagwe dynasty, establishing the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia. Lalibela ceases to be the capital, and the Emperor of Ethiopia rules from a continually moving encampment around his domains for the following centuries.
The Yuan dynasty of China moves its capital from Shangdu to Dadu.
1273 The Kingdom of Dambadeniya moves its capital from Dambadeniya to Yapahuwa, in Sri Lanka.
1276 The Kingdom of Majorca is split from the Crown of Aragon, with each realm inherited by different sons of James I of Aragon.
1278 8 September Andorra is granted independence from the Crown of Aragon, whereupon the Paréage of Andorra is signed, establishing a condominium between the Count of Foix and the Bishop of Urgell in the territory.
1279 19 March The Song dynasty is conquered by the Yuan dynasty in China.
The Kingdom of Majorca becomes a vassal of the Crown of Aragon.
The Chola dynasty is disestablished.
1281 The second Mongol invasion of Japan fails.
1282 The Diet of Augsburg assigns the Duchy of Austria to the House of Habsburg, commencing the Habsburg monarchy.
1283 The Principality of Moscow emerges as a vassal state of the Golden Horde. Moscow is the capital.
1284 The Republic of Genoa conquers Corsica from the Papal States.
1285 The Sultanate of Ifat is established.
1286 The Sultanate of Showa is annexed into the Sultanate of Ifat.
1287 Parakramabahu III moves the capital of the Sinhala Kingdom back to Polonnaruwa, in Sri Lanka.
1289 The Mamluks conquer the County of Tripoli.
1290 February The Archbishopric of Riga and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquer Semigallia, the last independent Latvian territory.
1291 The Old Swiss Confederacy is established through the merger of the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden.
The Mamluks expel the last crusaders from Egypt.
The Mamluks conquer the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1292 The Landgravate of Hesse becomes a principality.
1293 10 March Sweden conquers the southeastern parts of Finland.
The thalassocratic Majapahit Empire is established in Indonesia.
1295 Chambéry becomes the capital of the County of Savoy.
The Duchy of Pomerania is partitioned into Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin
1296 The Duchy of Saxony is divided into the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg and the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg.
The Kingdom of Aragon conquers Corsica from the Republic of Genoa.
1297 The Kingdom of Dambadeniya moves its capital from Yapahuwa to Polonnaruwa, in Sri Lanka.
1299 The Ottoman Empire is established. Söğüt is the capital.
The Republic of Pisa sells parts of Sardinia to the Republic of Genoa.

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1301 France gains Barrois mouvant (the County of Bar, west of the Meuse River).
1302 The Kingdom of Naples is created by the division of the Kingdom of Sicily. Naples is the capital.
1303 Edward I of England invades Scotland again to subdue it.
The Kingdom of Dambadeniya moves its capital from Polonnaruwa to Kurunagala, in Sri Lanka.
1305 France gains the County of Vivarais.
1310 The Duchy of Mirandola is founded. Mirandola is the capital.
1315 King Charles I moves the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary to Temesvár.
1316 France gains the counties of Valentinois and Diois.
1319 Crusaders establish the Duchy of Neopatras. Neopatras is the capital.
1323 12 August The treaty of Nöteborg is signed between Sweden and Novgorod, resulting in the first true border regulation in Swedish Finland.
King Charles I moves the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary to Visegrád.
1325 13 March The Mexicas (Aztecs) establish Tenochtitlan, marking the foundation of México. It is the oldest continuous capital city in the Americas.
1326 The Crown of Aragon conquers Sardinia, creating the Kingdom of Sardinia.
1327 The Delhi Sultanate moves its capital from Delhi to Daulatabad.
1328 4 May By the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton, England recognizes the independence of Scotland following the expulsion of the English from Scotland by Robert the Bruce.
1330 March The autonomous Livonian Order of the Teutonic Order gains control over the nominally free town of Riga.
The Principality of Walachia gains independence from the Kingdom of Hungary.
1331 The Principality of Vladimir-Susdal is absorbed into the Principality of Moscow.
1333 In Japan, the Kenmu Restoration follows the Kamakura shogunate.
1334 The Delhi Sultanate moves its capital from Daulatabad to Delhi.
1335 The Ottoman Empire moves its capital from Söğüt to Bursa.
The Duchy of Silesia becomes part of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
The Madurai Sultanate secedes from the Delhi Sultanate. Ma'bar is the capital.
1336 The Vijayanagara Empire is established in India. Vijayanagar is the capital.
End of the Kenmu Restoration in Japan.
1337 The Tsardom of Vidin is founded. Vidin is the capital.
1338 The Ashikaga shogunate is founded in Japan. Kyoto is the capital.
1339 The County of Guelders becomes the Duchy of Guelders.
1340 The Principality of Moscow becomes the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
1341 King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden buys the county of Halland from Denmark.
The Kingdom of Gampola succeeds the Kingdom of Dambadeniya in Sri Lanka. Gampola is the new capital.
1343 The Republic of Senarica is established as an independent microstate in the village of Senarica, Italy.[58]
1346 1 November Denmark sells and hands the Duchy of Estonia over to the Teutonic Order.
The Principality of Moldova is established.
1347 7 June The Teutonic Order leases the former Danish Estonia to its autonomous Livonian Order.
England conquers Calais from France.
Moghulistan is established from parts of the Chagatai Khanate.
The Bahmani Sultanate is established as a secession of the Delhi Sultanate. Gulbarga is the capital.
1348 The Duchy of Mecklenburg is established.
The Pskov Republic is established. Pskov is the capital.
1349 Dauphiné sold to France.
The Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia is incorporated into the Kingdom of Poland.
1350 With the foundation of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, its capital is created in Ayutthaya, instead of the former Sukhothai.
1352 The Bengal Sultanate is established. Pandua is the capital.
1353 The County of Luxembourg is raised to the status of duchy.
1354 Fa Ngum establishes Lan Xang in Laos. Luang Prabang is the capital.
1356 The Electorate of Saxony is established from Saxe-Wittenberg.
The Despotate of Dobruja is established. Karvuna is the capital.
The Duchy of Jülich originates from the County of Jülich.
The Margraviate of Brandenburg becomes the Electorate of Brandenburg. Brandenburg an der Havel remains the capital.
1358 Duke Rudolf IV of Austria has the Privilegium Maius forged, a set of documents which purports to elevate the Duchy of Austria to the status of "Archduchy". This status remains unrecognised.
The Republic of Ragusa is established as a tributary state of the Kingdom of Hungary. Ragusa is the capital.
1362 The Principality of Kiev becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1363 The Ottoman Empire moves its capital from Bursa to Adrianople.
The County of Tyrol becomes part of the Habsburg monarchy.
1366 The Prince-Bishopric of Liège annexes the County of Loon.
1368 Hongwu establishes the Ming dynasty in China. Yingtian and Shuntian are the capitals.
Huizong establishes the Northern Yuan dynasty in what is now Northern China and Mongolia.
Muhammad Shah establishes the Bruneian Empire.
1370 Timur establishes the Timurid Empire. Samarkand is the capital.[59]
1373 First mention of the Luzon Empire.
The Madurai Sultanate is annexed by the Vijayanagara Empire.
1375 The Mamluks conquer the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
Kara Koyunlu is established as a tribal federation. Tabriz is the capital.
1377 26 September The Kingdom of Bosnia is established.
Fall of the Srivijaya Empire in Southeast Asia.
1378 Aq Qoyunlu is established as a tribal federation.
1380 The County of Berg is raised to the status of a duchy.
The Bornu Empire is established in north-central Africa.
1384 The Burgundian Netherlands are established.
1385 The Union of Krewo establishes the personal union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland.
1388 The County of Savoy receives the County of Nice.
1390 The Kingdom of Kongo is established.
The Triarchy of Negroponte becomes the Kingdom of Negroponte, a colony of the Republic of Venice.
The Duchy of Neopatras is conquered by the Duchy of Athens.
1392 The Joseon Dynasty succeed the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. Hanseong is the capital.
1395 The Duchy of Milan is established. Milan is the capital.
1396 The Second Bulgarian Empire is disestablished after it is conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
The Tsardom of Vidin is disestablished after it is conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
1397 The Kalmar Union between the Kingdom of Denmark, Kingdom of Norway, and Kingdom of Sweden is established.
1398 The Timurid Empire conquers Delhi.
The Principality of Bayreuth and the Principality of Ansbach are established.
1399 The Principality of Piombino is established. The capital is Piombino.

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1400 Hồ Quý Ly establishes the Hồ dynasty in Vietnam. Tây Đô is the capital.
1401 The Timurid Empire conquers Damascus.
The County of Savoy gains the County of Geneva.
1403 The Ming dynasty makes Beijing the second capital after Nanjing.
1404 Owain Glyndŵr is crowned Prince of Wales, holding his Parliament at the capital, Machynlleth.
The Principality of Smolensk becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1405 After the death of Timur, the Timurid Empire is split into two parts. The capital is moved from Samarkand to Herat.
1406 The Republic of Pisa is disestablished and annexed into the Republic of Florence.
1407 The Ming dynasty of China conquers the Hồ dynasty of Vietnam, beginning the Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam.
Giản Định establishes the Later Trần dynasty in Vietnam.
The Gujarat Sultanate is established. Ahmedabad is the capital.
1408 King Zsigmond of Luxemburg moves the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom back to Buda.
1409 Owain Glyndŵr loses Harlech Castle and his ally Edmund Mortimer dies.
1410 15 June The defeat of the State of the Teutonic Order against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland at the Battle of Tannenberg ends its eastern expansion.
1411 The Ottoman Empire annexes the Despotat of Dobruja.
1412 English rule spreads and Machynlleth ceases to assert any claim to be the capital of Wales.
Parakramabahu VI moves the capital of the Sinhala Kingdom to Kotte, in Sri Lanka.
1413 7 June The autonomous Livonian Order becomes de facto independent from its parent Teutonic Order.
The Ming dynasty of China defeats the Later Trần dynasty of Vietnam.
1415 21 August The Conquest of Ceuta marks the beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
The Adal Sultanate is established.
1416 Amadeus VIII establishes the Duchy of Savoy from the County of Savoy. Chambéry remains the capital.
1417 The County of Cleves is raised to the status of a duchy. Cleves is the capital.
The Principality of Wallachia becomes a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire.
The Electorate of Brandenburg moves its capital from Brandenburg an der Havel to Berlin.
1422 Start of the second personal union between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France.
1426 The Kingdom of Cyprus becomes a vassal state of the Mamluks.
1427 End of the Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam.
1428 Thái Tổ establishes the Later Lê dynasty in Vietnam. Đông Kinh is the capital.
Abu'l-Khayr Khan establishes the Uzbek Khanate. Chimgi-Tura is the capital.
The Aztec Empire in Mexico is established from the union of three city-states.
1429 The Ryukyu Kingdom is established. Shuri is the capital.
c. 1430 The Songhai Empire becomes independent from the Mali Empire. Gao is the capital.
1431 The Khmer Empire is dissolved after the invasion of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
1432 March Burgundy acquires the County of Hainaut.
The Principality of Achaea is annexed by the Byzantine Empire.
1434 March The Archbishopric of Riga sells its Dondangen Parish to the Bishopric of Courland.
The Republic of Genoa reconquers Corsica from the Kingdom of Aragon.
1435 1 September The Archbishopric of Riga, the bishoprics of Courland, Dorpat and Ösel-Wiek, the autonomous Livonian Order of the Teutonic Order, and the town of Riga form the Livonian Confederation.
1438 The Khanate of Kazan splits from the Golden Horde. Kazan is the capital.
The Inca Empire is established. Cusco is the capital.
The Sukhothai Kingdom is annexed by the Ayutthaya Kingdom in Siam.
1441 The Khanate of Crimea splits from the Golden Horde.
1444 March The Albanian Principalities are unified to form the Albanian League of Lezhë.
1447 Ambrosian Republic supersedes the Duchy of Milan
1450 Duchy of Milan supersedes Ambrosian Republic
1452 The Archbishopric of Riga and the autonomous Livonian Order of the Teutonic Order agree with a condominium over the nominally free town of Riga, until then under the de facto control of the Livonian Order.
1453 6 January The Duchy of Austria becomes the Archduchy of Austria. Vienna remains the capital.
29 May The Byzantine Empire falls to the Ottoman Empire. The capital of the Ottoman Empire is moved to Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). The political situation leads to the closure of the Silk Road to trade, forcing European merchants to seek sea routes to Asian markets and thereby initiating the "Age of Discovery".
14 October End of the second personal union between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of England after the end of the Hundred Years' War.
France annexes the Duchy of Aquitaine.
1454 The State of the Teutonic Order moves its capital from Marienburg to Königsberg.
1455 The Kingdom of Imereti becomes independent from the Kingdom of Georgia. Kutaisi is the capital.
1456 The Duchy of Bouillon is founded. Bouillon is the capital.
1458 The Republic of Ragusa becomes a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire.
The Duchy of Athens is annexed by the Ottoman Empire.
1459 The Teutonic Order cedes its already leased-out former Danish Estonia over to its autonomous Livonian Order.
1461 The Empire of Trebizond is conquered by the Ottoman Empire as the last successor state of the Byzantine Empire.
1462 Moghulistan splits into two parts.
The uninhabited Cape Verde Islands become a colony of Portugal.
1463 The Ottoman Empire annexes the Kingdom of Bosnia.
1464 The County of East Frisia is established.
The Songhai Empire conquers Timbuktu from the Mali Empire.
1466 The Second Peace treaty of Thorn.Poland gains Michałow land, Chełmno land with Toruń, Gdańsk,Pomerania, Warmia and Żuławy with Malbork and Elbląg.Teutonic order becomes a vassal of the Kingdom of Poland
1465 The Kazakh Khanate is established. Sozak is the capital.
The Kingdom of Kakheti is established. Gremi is the capital.
1468 The Khanate of Sibir splits from the Golden Horde.
The tribal empire of Kara Koyunlu is disestablished.
1469 The crowns of the Iberian Christian kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were united by the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, as the Kingdom of Spain.
1470 The Triarchy of Negroponte is annexed by the Ottoman Empire.
The Chimú Empire is conquered by the Inca Empire.
1471 João de Santarém discovers São Tomé and takes possession of it for the Kingdom of Portugal.
The Kingdom of Portugal conquers Tangier.
1472 Ludlow becomes the administrative capital of Wales, as the site of the Council of Wales and the Marches.
The Kingdom of Scotland annexes Orkney and Shetland.
Beginning of the rule of the Wattasid dynasty over Morocco. Fez is the capital.
1473 Mechelen becomes the capital of the Burgundian Netherlands.
1474 The Duchy of Holstein is created from the County of Holstein-Rendsburg.
1477 The Sengoku period begins in Japan. The Ashikaga shogunat ends and Japan falls apart into small principalities.
1478 The Canary Islands are conquered by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow annexes the Novgorod Republic.
The Kingdom of Kartli is established. Tbilisi is the capital.
1479 The Albanian League of Lezhë is annexed by the Ottoman Empire.
The Republic of Venice loses parts of the Adriatic coast to the Ottoman Empire.
1480 28 November After the Great Stand on the Ugra River, the Grand Duchy of Moscow ceases to be a vassal state of the Golden Horde.
According to temple records, a cyclone destroys the land bridge (Adam's Bridge) connecting the Kingdom of Kandy (in present-day Sri Lanka) and Mainland India.
1481 France gains the County of Provence.
1482 The Burgundian Netherlands are disestablished and become the Austrian Netherlands as part of the Habsburg monarchy.
France gains the Duchy of Burgundy.
1485 King Matthias I moves the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom to Bécs.
The Astrakhan Khanate splits from the Golden Horde.
1488 Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope.
1489 The Kingdom of Cyprus falls to the Republic of Venice.
1490 2 January The combined forces of Castile and Aragon capture the Emirate of Granada, completing Spain's Reconquista.
20 May Vasco da Gama discovers a sea route to India.
King Vladislaus II moves the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom back to Buda.
The Kingdom of Georgia is divided into different parts.
1492 3 May Christopher Columbus arrives at Xamayca.[60]
12 October While seeking a route to the East Indies, Genoese navigator Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus) lands on the island of Guanahani in the Lucayan Archipelago,[61] which he mistakes for the Japanese Archipelago. Columbus claims the archipelago for his patrons the Crowns of Castile and Aragon (Spain), and subsequently explores and claims Cuba and Hispaniola.
1493 4 May Spanish Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Inter caetera granting to the Crowns of Castile and Aragon (Spain) all newly discovered lands west of the meridian 100 leagues west of any of the islands of the Azores (approximately 38°11' west of Greenwich.)
1494 7 June Representatives of the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas, settling the countries' boundary of conquest in the Americas (and Africa and Asia) at a meridian 46°0' west of Greenwich.
1495 21 July The Duchy of Württemberg is established out of the County of Württemberg. Stuttgart remains the capital.
1498 Vasco da Gama reaches Mozambique and takes possession of it for Portugal.
Spain creates the Province of Tierra Firme (Spanish Main) in the Americas.
1499–1501 The Safavids conquer Persia. Tabriz is the capital.

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