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15th century
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As a means of recording the passage of
time, the '''15th century''' was that
century which lasted from
1401 to
1500.
Events
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1401:
Timur sacks
Baghdad.
*
1402: The
Ottoman Empire Ottoman and
Timurid Empires fought at the
Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of
Bayezid I. The Ottoman Empire descends into
Ottoman Interregnum civil war until
1413.
*
1402: The conquest of the
Canary Islands signals the start of the
Spanish Empire.
*
1402:
Sultanate of Malacca founded by
Parameshwara (Prince) Parameshwara.
*
1403: The
Yongle Emperor moves the
Historical capital of China capital of China from
Nanjing to
Beijing.
*
1405-
1433 33:
Zheng He explores the
Indian Ocean.
*
1410: The
Battle of Grunwald was the decisive battle of the
Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War (1409-1411) Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War leading to the downfall of the
Teutonic Knights.
*
1415:
Henry the Navigator leads the
Battle of Ceuta conquest of Ceuta from the
Moors marking the beginning of the
Portuguese Empire.
*
1415:
Battle of Agincourt fought between the
Kingdom of England and
France
*
1420-
1434 34:
Hussite Wars in
Bohemia
*
1429:
Joan of Arc ends the
Siege of Orléans and turns the tide of the
Hundred Years' War.
*
1438:
Pachacuti founds the
Inca Empire.
*
1440s: The
Golden Horde breaks up into the
Siberia Khanate, the
Khanate of Kazan, the
Astrakhan Khanate, the
Crimean Khanate, and the
Great Horde.
*
1440-
1469 69: Under
Moctezuma I, the
Aztecs become the dominant power in
Mesoamerica.
*
1453: The
Fall of Constantinople marks the end of the
Byzantine Empire.
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*
1453: The
Battle of Castillon is the last engagement of the
Hundred Years' War.
*
1454-
1466 66: After defeating the Teutonic Knights in the
Thirteen Years' War, Poland annexes
Royal Prussia.
*
1455-
1485 85:
Wars of the Roses - English civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster.
*
1456: The
Siege of Belgrade halts the Ottoman's advance into Europe.
*
1467-
1615: The
Sengoku period is one of civil war in Japan.
*
1469: The marriage of
Ferdinand II of Aragon and
Isabella of Castile leads to the unification of
Spain.
*
1474-
1477 77:
Burgundy Wars between
France and the
Habsburgs for control of
Burgundy.
*
1478:
Muscovy conquers
Novgorod.
*
1480: After the
Great standing on the Ugra river, Muscovy is independent of the Great Horde.
*
1481:
Spanish Inquisition begins.
*
1485:
Richard III is killed in betrayel by Henry Tudor at the battle of Bosworth Field; Plantagenet Dynasty ends.
*
1492:
Boabdil's surrender of
Granada marks the end of the
Reconquista and
Al-Andalus.
*
1493:
Christopher Columbus founds Spain's first
New World colony on
Hispaniola.
*
1494: Spain and Portugal sign the
Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves.
*
1494-
1559: The
Italian Wars lead to the downfall of the
Italian city-states.
*
1497-
1499:
Vasco da Gama's first voyage from
Europe to
India and back.
Significant people
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Hangul.
* Gjergj Kastrioti,
Skenderbeg - Albanian Prince who resisted the Ottomans for almost 30 years in the name of the Albanian people and Catholic faith (
1443 - 1468).
*
Christine de Pizan, French writer (
1364 -
1430).
*
Jan Hus, Bohemian religious thinker and reformer (c.
1369 -
1415).
*
Zheng He, Chinese eunuch admiral and explorer (
1371 -
1433).
*
Filippo Brunelleschi invents one-point perspective, leads innovation in Italian architecture (
1377 -
1446).
*
Henry V of England, the English King who won the famous
Battle of Agincourt in
1405 (
1387 -
1422).
*
Sejong the Great of Joseon, a Korean monarch who developed
Hangul, the native Korean alphabet (
1397 -
1450).
*
Constantine XI, Last
Byzantine Emperor (
1404 -
1453).
*
Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (ca.
1410-
1497).
*
Joan of Arc, national
heroine of
France (
1412 -
1431).
*
Kazimierz IV Jagiellon King of
Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania (
1427 -
1492).
*
François Villon, French poet (c.
1431 -
1474).
*
Vlad III Dracula ,
List of rulers of Wallachia Prince of Wallachia who led the defense of his territorry against the expanding
Ottoman Empire (
1431 -
1476).
*
Mehmed II, Sultan of the
Ottoman Empire and Conqueror of
Constantinople (
1432 -
1481).
*
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, Renaissance ruler (
1443 -
1490).
*
Isabella of Castile, co-ruler of Ferdinand II of Aragon and responsible with him for the unification of Spain (
1451 -
1504).
*
Christopher Columbus sails to the
Americas for
Spain (c.
1451 -
1506).
*
Richard III of England, last English King of the
House of York, last of the Plantagenet Dynasty (
1452 -
1485).
*
Ferdinand II of Aragon , co-ruler of Isabella of Castile and responsible with her for the unification of Spain (
1452 -
1516).
*
Leonardo da Vinci, inventor and painter (
1452 -
1519).
*
Henry VII of England, English King and founder the
Tudor dynasty (
1457 -
1509).
*
Vasco da Gama reaches India for
Portugal, creating the first maritime alternative for the
Silk Road (c.
1469 -
1524).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Timeline_of_invention#15th_century List of 15th century inventions
*
Renaissance affects
philosophy,
History of Science and Technology science and
art.
*
Age of Discovery begins.
* Rise of
Modern English language from
Middle English.
* Introduction of the
noon bell in the
Catholic world.
* Public
History of banking banks
*
Yongle Encyclopedia - over 22,000 volumes
*
Hangul alphabet in Korea
*
Scotch whisky
*
Psychiatric hospitals
Decades and years
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Articles and events specifically relating to the
15th century (
1400-
1499).
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