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| 1469 |
| | | The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella unites the crowns of Aragon and Castile, creating virtually a unified Spain | |
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| c. 1475 |
| | | With Constantinople in Turkish hands, Moscow begins to see itself as the centre of Orthodox Christianity - or the third Rome | |
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| c. 1480 |
| | | The Maravi Confederacy is formed by Bantu tribes and soon wins control over a large region between Lake Nyasa and the Zambezi | |
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| 1485 |
| | | Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, captures Vienna and makes the city his capital | |
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| c. 1500 |
| | | The female mamakuna and the male yanakuna are selected in childhood to serve the Inca state | |
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| 1504 |
| | | Babur captures Kabul, making it and eastern Afghanistan the first possession of the Mughal empire | |
|  | Babur in a garden
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| from 1517 |
| | | From Bosnia to Egypt and Arabia, the Ottoman Turks now rule the largest Muslim empire since the early caliphate - and will frequently use the title of caliph to assert their authority within Sunni Islam | |
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| 1529 |
| | | After the fall of Wolsey, Henry VIII appoints Thomas More as his Lord Chancellor | |
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| 1536 |
| | | Wales is merged within the English kingdom as a principality | |
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| 1536 |
| | | The reign of Christian III begins three centuries in which Norway is administered as little more than an annexe of Denmark | |
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