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15th Century Events

100 years, 100 events.
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Year
Event
Answer
1401
Adherents of this sect are outlawed in England as heretics
Lollardy
1402
Spain colonises this archipelago, marking the beginning of its empire
Canary Islands
1403
This English rebel is killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury
Henry 'Hotspur' Percy
1404
Earliest possible date of authorship (by carbon dating) of this mysterious manuscript
Voynich manuscript
1405
This Chinese admiral departs on his first voyage of exploration
Zheng He
1406
Construction begins on this palace complex in Beijing
Forbidden City
1407
China completes its conquest of this country
Vietnam
1408
Last written record of a failing Norse colony on this island
Greenland
1409
The Council of ____ attempts to end the Western Schism by electing a new pope
Pisa
1410
Installation of the Prague ___________ Clock
Astronomical
1411
The bloody Battle of ______ is fought to a draw in Scotland
Harlaw
1412
This Florentine family is made the official bankers of the Papacy
Medici
1413
Foundation of this university, the oldest in Scotland
University of St Andrews
1414
Convention of the Council of _________ to resolve the Western Schism
Constance
1415
English longbowmen defeat French knights at this battle
Agincourt
1416
The Republic of Ragusa becomes the first state in Europe to ban this practice
Slavery
1417
The Western Schism comes to an end with ______ V elected pope
Martin
1418
Portuguese sailors are blown off course and discover this Atlantic island
Madeira
1419
Korea launches a failed invasion of this island
Tsushima
1420
The Ming Dynasty designates this city as its capital
Beijing
1421
Death of this conquering Ottoman sultan
Mehmed I
1422
This English king dies suddenly of illness while campaigning in France
Henry V
1423
Ottoman forces ravage this Greek peninsula
Peloponnese
1424
This king returns to Scotland after 18 years as a hostage in England
James I
1425
Popular revolt against the rulers of this Mediterranean island
Malta
1426
Death of this English poet
Thomas Hoccleve
1427
Decisive victory for the ________ in the Battle of Tachov in Bohemia
Hussites
1428
This pioneering Florentine artist dies aged 26
Masaccio
1429
The siege of _______ is broken by a decisive French victory
Orleans
1430
Ottoman forces capture this Greek city
Thessalonica
1431
This French teenager is burned at the stake
Joan of Arc
1432
Portuguese colonisation of this uninhabited archipelago
Azores
1433
Sigismund of Luxembourg is crowned the first ____ ______ Emperor in over 50 years
Holy Roman
1434
Jan van Eyck paints the ________ Portrait
Arnolfini
1435
This treaty terminates the alliance between England and Burgundy
Treaty of Arras
1436
Completion and consecration of this cathedral in Italy
Florence Cathedral
1437
A failed Portuguese attempt to capture this North African city
Tangier
1438
The expansion of the Kingdom of Cusco marks the beginning of this empire
Inca
1439
Publication of the Zij-i Sultani, a Muslim catalogue of these celestial bodies
Stars
1440
This French knight and baron is executed for the serial murder of children
Gilles de Rais
1441
Emissaries from this Coptic empire attend an ecclesiastical council in Florence
Ethiopia
1442
This Aragonese king proclaims himself king of Naples
Alfonso
1443
Stephen II, ruler of this country, gouges out his brother's eyes
Moldavia
1444
The Treaty of _____ secures a peace between England and France
Tours
1445
Ottoman invaders are defeated by forces from this country at the Battle of Mokra
Albania
1446
King Sejong the Great publishes this Korean (but universally applicable) alphabet
Hangul
1447
This Lancastrian duke is arrested for treason
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
1448
This infamous Romanian ruler first ascends to the throne
Vlad the Impaler
1449
This duke, the final historical antipope, relinquishes his claim to the papacy
Felix V
1450
This Englishman leads a failed revolt against the Crown
Jack Cade
1451
Death of this English monk and poet
John Lydgate
1452
A volcanic eruption on this Pacific island lengthens the Little Ice Age
Vanuatu
1453
Ottoman conquerers capture this Byzantine city
Constantinople
1454
The _______ ______ War breaks out between Prussia and the Teutonic Order
Thirteen Years'
1455
This German goldsmith mass produces bibles with a printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
1456
European explorers discover this uninhabited archipelago
Cape Verde
1457
First historical mention of this sport
Golf
1458
The ____ Day, an attempted ritualistic reconciliation between Yorkists and Lancastrians
Love
1459
According to legend, the marriage of this founder of the Rosicrucian Order
Christian Rosenkreuz
1460
The Duke of York is killed in the Battle of _________
Wakefield
1461
The Battle of ______, the bloodiest battle ever fought in England
Towton
1462
This influential Russian ruler becomes Grand Prince of Moscow
Ivan the Great
1463
After burial, the body of this future saint is exhumed and found to be incorrupt
Saint Catherine
1464
King Edward IV secretly marries this commoner
Elizabeth Woodville
1465
A revolt in this Moroccan city leads to the ousting of the sultan
Fez
1466
This Renaissance artist dies aged 80 in Florence
Donatello
1467
Sultan Hassan III, ruler of this country, is deposed in absentia while on Hajj
Maldives
1468
Norway pledges this archipelago to Scotland as security for a royal marriage dowry
Orkney
1469
England goes to war against this league of Baltic cities
Hanseatic League
1470
This Lancastrian king is briefly restored to the English throne
Henry VI
1471
This Yorkist king seizes the English throne
Edward IV
1472
Foundation of the world's oldest existing bank, beginning as a mount of piety in this Italian city
Siena
1473
The first complete Western publication of this 11th century Persian physician's medical encyclopedia
Avicenna
1474
The first codified patent system is established in this Italian city
Venice
1475
Birth of this Italian painter, sculptor and architect
Michelangelo
1476
Leonardo da Vinci is acquitted of these charges
Sodomy
1477
Foundation of this university, the oldest in Sweden
Uppsala University
1478
This repressive religious tribunal is established in Spain
Spanish Inquisition
1479
An outbreak of this disease in Florence
Bubonic plague
1480
A confrontation on the Ugra River marks this duchy's independence from the Great Horde
Moscow
1481
This Mediterranean island is devastated by a series of earthquakes
Rhodes
1482
Diogo Cão becomes the first European to sail up this river
Congo
1483
Two young princes are imprisoned and possibly murdered in this building
Tower of London
1484
Death of this infamously nepotistic pope
Sixtus IV
1485
This crookbacked king dies on the battlefield
Richard III
1486
The houses of Lancaster and York are united as Henry VII marries ________ of York
Elizabeth
1487
This strange animal, presented as a gift to the Medicis, causes a stir in Florence
Giraffe
1488
This king is killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn
James III
1489
First reliable documentation of this disease
Typhus
1490
This unusual natural disaster kills a number of people in Qinyang, China
Meteor shower
1491
The ruler of this African kingdom is baptised by Portuguese missionaries
Kongo
1492
This Italian explorer arrives in the Americas
Christopher Columbus
1493
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III undergoes this surgical procedure
Amputation
1494
Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli publishes this method of book-keeping
Double entry
1495
Europe's first modern dry dock is built in this English port
Portsmouth
1496
Foundation of this city, the oldest permanent European settlement in the New World
Santo Domingo
1497
This Italian explorer charts the coast of Newfoundland
John Cabot
1498
Leonardo da Vinci completes this painting
The Last Supper
1499
This explorer returns to Portugal having charted a sea route from Europe to India
Vasco da Gama
1500
Pedro Alvares Cabral claims this land for Portugal
Brazil
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