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1447| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1447 | Ottoman Empire [churches and temples] | The Üç Serefeli Mosque in Edirne, the first centrally-planned mosque in the Ottoman Empire, is completed. Built in the Ottoman style, it is noted in particular for its fine minarets. | | 1447 | Middle East, Central Asia [administration] | Shah Rukh, the son and successor of Tamerlane, Great Emir of the Mongols, dies. This is followed by the dissolution of the Timurid house of Herat: the Turkoman dynasty of the White Sheep now rules Persia, except for Khorasan, from Tabriz. | | 6 March 1447 | Papal States, Italy [administration] | Tommaso Parentucelli is elected Pope Nicholas V. | | 25 June 1447 | Poland-Lithuania [political events] | Grand Prince Casimir (Kazimierz) IV Jagiellonczyk of Lithuania is crowned as King Casimir (Kazimierz) IV of Poland. It is now presumed that King Wladyslaw III (Warnenczyk) of Poland and Hungary was killed by the Ottoman Turks at Varna, Bulgaria, in 1444; his body was never recovered leading to tales of apparitions in different parts of Europe and Asia. |
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