- — Asia:
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
- — Europe:
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, Ugra River, Battle of · Encyclopedia.com
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.