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| 1445 |
| | A Muslim ruler is established in Malacca, forming the first of many Muslim dynasties in the Malay archipelago | |
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| 1464 |
| | Mehmed II and the Ottoman Turks conquer Bosnia, where a large number of noble families convert to Islam | |
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| 1492 |
| | Bayazid II, the Turkish sultan, makes a special point of welcoming in Istanbul the Jews expelled from Spain | |
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| 1517 |
| | The last Abbasid caliph, captured by the Ottoman Turks, is taken as a prisoner to Istanbul - ending the authentic line of 'successors' to Muhammad | |
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| from 1517 |
| | From Bosnia to Egypt and Arabia, the Ottoman Turks now rule the largest Muslim empire since the early caliphate - and will frequently use the title of caliph to assert their authority within Sunni Islam | |
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| 1525 |
| | Muslims throughout Spain are ordered to convert to Christianity or to leave the kingdom | |
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| 1530 |
| | Ahmad ibn Ibrahim leads Muslim Somalis in a holy war against Christian Ethiopia, destroying churches and shrines | |
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| 1744 |
| | The Muslim reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab makes an alliance with Muhammad ibn Saud, of significance to the later Saudi dynasty | |
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| 1818 |
| | A leader of the Ismaili sect is granted, by the shah of Persia, the hereditary title of Aga Khan | |
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| 1906 |
| | The All-India Muslim League is set up at a meeting of the Muhammadan Educational Conference in Dhaka | |
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