IndependenceThe 15th century

Independence in the 15th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged independence — declarations, recognitions and transfers of sovereignty, narrowed to the 15th century — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 1428 to 1480. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1428
Latest
1480
Asia
1
Europe
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Asia

    Vietnam

    Le Loi expels the Ming and founds the Le dynasty

    After a ten-year war of liberation, Le Loi drives out the Ming, restores independence, and establishes the Le dynasty, which would rule, nominally, for centuries.

    Era: Independent Dynasties: Ly, Tran, and Le

    Sources: Le Loi · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Europe

    Russia

    The Great Stand on the Ugra ends the Mongol yoke

    Ivan III, having stopped paying tribute, faces down the Great Horde at the Ugra River; the bloodless standoff is traditionally regarded as the end of Mongol overlordship and the rise of a sovereign Muscovite state.

    Era: Kievan Rus' and the Mongol Yoke

    Sources: Russia · Encyclopaedia Britannica