15th CENTURY
1400 After defeated by Majapahit forces, Parameswara a prince from Palembang,moved to Temasik (the original name for Singapore) and later on opened Melaka.
1403 The first Chinese envoy, Yin Ching, arrives in Melaka.
1409 The Chinese Emperial Fleet, under Admiral Cheng Ho, visits Melaka.
1411 Parameswara visits the Ming Emperor in China.
1414 Parameswara embraces Islam and changes his name to Raja Iskandar Shah.
1424 Parameswara’s son , Seri Maharaja, ascends the throne and later assumes the title ”Sultan”, becoming the first ruler to do so in this region. He changes his name to Sultan Muhammad Shah and rules according to the principles of Islam, establishing palace etiquettes and spreading Islam in his region.
1445 Raja Ibrahim, the youngest son of Sultan Muhammad Shah becomes ruler upon his father’s death and assumes the name, Sultan Abu Shahid.
1446 Sultan Abu Shahid’s accidental death results in Sultan Muzaffar Shah, his elder brother, assuming the throne.
1447 The first Siamese attack on Melaka but was repelled by Melakan fleet.
1456 Tun Perak is appointed as the Bendahara, or Prime Minister, and becomes the most well known of all the Bendaharas responsible for the rise of Melaka.
1458 Sultan Mansor Shah succeeds his father, Sultan Muzaffar Shah.
1477 Sultan Mansor Shah passes away and is succeeded by his son, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah.
1488 An enterprising and just ruler, Sultan Alauddin dies of poisoning in Pagoh. Sultan Mahmud Shah ascends the throne due to the efforts of Tun Perak and Hang Tuah (a legendary warrior).
1498 Tun Perak passes away.
