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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

• sacks Baghdad .


• and Timurid Empire s fought at the Battle Of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I . The Ottoman Empire descends into Civil War until 1413 .


• signals the start of the Spanish Empire .


• founded by Parameshwara .


• moves the Capital Of China from Nanjing to Beijing .


• explores the Indian Ocean .


• was the decisive battle of the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War leading to the downfall of the Teutonic Knights .


• leads the Conquest Of Ceuta from the Moors marking the beginning of the Portuguese Empire .


• fought between the Kingdom Of England and France


• in Bohemia


• ends the Siege Of Orléans and turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War .


• founds the Inca Empire .


• breaks up into the Siberia Khanate , the Khanate Of Kazan , the Astrakhan Khanate , the Crimean Khanate , and the Great Horde .


• , the Aztec s become the dominant power in Mesoamerica .


• marks the end of the Byzantine Empire .

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• is the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War .


• , Poland annexes Royal Prussia .


• - English civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster.


• halts the Ottoman's advance into Europe.


• is one of civil war in Japan.


• and Isabella Of Castile leads to the unification of Spain .


• between France and the Habsburg s for control of Burgundy .


• conquers Novgorod .


• , Muscovy is independent of the Great Horde.


• begins.


• is killed in betrayal by Henry Tudor at the battle of Bosworth Field; Plantagenet Dynasty ends.


• 's surrender of Granada marks the end of the Reconquista and Al-Andalus .


• founds Spain's first New World colony on Hispaniola .


• and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves.


• lead to the downfall of the Italian City-states .


• 's first voyage from Europe to India and back.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE


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• 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 , 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

List Of 15th Century Inventions

• Renaissance affects Philosophy , 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 Banks


• Yongle Encyclopedia - over 22,000 volumes


• Hangul alphabet in Korea


• Scotch Whisky


• Psychiatric Hospital s

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