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1356
Holy Roman Emperor elected by nobles
The golden bull became the law of how emperors in the Holy Roman Empire were selected by a group of seven prince electors -
1368
Founding of Ming dynasty
Ming Taizu leads peasant revolt that overthrows the Yuan dynasty and drove the Mongols back to their homelands, name the new dynasty the Ming -
1415
Portuguese capture Cueta, starting an empire
The Portuguese capture Cueta marking an important step in the beginning of the Portuguese empire -
1428
Mexica start conquering an empire
The Mexica launch a series of conquests that start the building of an empire and by 1500 they had 4-6 million people in their empire -
1433
End of Zheng He's voyages
Following admiral Zheng He's death the Ming government suspended the voyages and shifted their resources towards rebuilding the Great Wall -
1438
Pachakuti launches Inca conquests
Pachacuti, the first great Incan emperor, launched military campaigns out of Cuzco starting the growth of the Incan empire that will expand to over 10 million in size -
1453
Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
Mehmed II made the decision to end the Byzantine rule and he and 80,000 ottoman soldiers took Constantinople -
1453
End of Hundred Years' War
The Hundred years war was fought between the French and English over succession to the French throne -
1492
End of Reconquista
The Reconquista was the process of the christian members of Spain trying to get rid of the Muslim part of Spain and it ended once the kingdom of Granada fell -
1556
Akbar becomes Mughal emperor
The Mughal dynasty was at its peak under its greatest leader, emperor Akbar -
Mikhail Romanov becomes ruler of Russia
After the rule of Ivan the terrible there was no clear successor so Mikhail Romanov was selected, beginning the Romanov dynasty