Year 1468

Events this year

1468★★★★★

Sonni Ali captured Timbuktu, launching the Songhai Empire's rise to replace Mali as the dominant power of West Africa.

WarDynasty· Mali, Niger

1206 – 1526★★★★★

Qutb ud-Din Aibak establishes the Delhi Sultanate, which dominates much of northern India for over three centuries.

DynastyPolitics· India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

1250 – 1517★★★★★

Mamluk slave-soldiers overthrow the Ayyubids and seize power in Egypt, ruling Egypt and Syria for over two and a half centuries.

DynastyPolitics· Egypt, Syria

1351 – 1767★★★★★

King Ramathibodi I founds the capital of Ayutthaya, beginning a Siamese kingdom that lasts over four centuries.

DynastyPolitics· Thailand

c. 1400 – 1511★★★★★

Parameswara founds Malacca, which becomes the key port on the Strait of Malacca and a centre for the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia.

DynastyEconomyReligion· Malaysia

1460 – 1497★★★★★

Lê Thánh Tông takes the throne; his reign (1460–1497) is regarded as a golden age of Đại Việt, with major administrative and legal reforms.

Politics· Vietnam

1467 – 1477★★★★★

A civil war that devastates Kyoto, weakens the Ashikaga shogunate and begins Japan's Sengoku (Warring States) period.

War· Japan