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Ponce de Leon landed on sunny peninsula of North America in April 1513. Because he had sighted this lush new land on Easter Sunday, he called it La Florida, meaning "Flowery". (The name is short for "flowery Easter".) Eight years later, he returned to Florida with 200 men to establish a Spanish settlement, or colony. Native Americans in the area used poisoned arrows to drive off the invaders. Instead of finding a fountain of youth, Ponce de Leon died from a poisoned arrow in his stomach.
Among other things, the progress of the Hundred Years' War was completely reversed by an illiterate, 17 year old, French peasant girl named Joan of Arc.
The process of printing with movable type was perfected in Germany by Gutenberg.
The Portuguese explored the way around Africa to India, and the Spanish discovered the New World.
The Byzantine Empire fell.
Henry VII became the first Tudor king of England.
1492, Columbus opens the route to the New World for Spain. Beginning of the Modern Age.
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century · 15th century · 16th century
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was the century which lasted from 1401 to 1500 Common Era.
Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to emerging Ottoman Turks, forcing Western Europeans to find a new trade route.
The Papacy was split in two parts in Europe for decades, until the Council of Constance.
Under the rule of Yongle Emperor, who built the Forbidden City and commanded Zhenghe to explore the world overseas, Ming Dynasty's territory reached pinnacle. Tamerlane established a major empire in the Middle East and Central Asia, in order to revive the Mongolian Empire. The Inca Empire rose to prominence in South America.
Spanish and Portuguese explorations led to the first European sightings of the Americas and the sea passage along Cape of Good Hope to India, in the last decade of the century. After these first sightings by Europeans, transportation increased to Europe from America. Native indigenous cultures that lived within the continent of the Americas had already developed advanced civilizations that attest to thousands of years of human presence; sophisticated engineering, irrigation, agriculture, religion and government existed before the arrival of the Spanish and the Portuguese. The idea that Europeans "discovered" America can lead to misunderstanding the true nature of the encounter between two distinct and independent civilizations, namely European and Indigenous American.
In European history, the 15th century is seen as the bridge between the Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the Early modern period.
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Joan of Arc, a French peasant girl, directly influenced the result of the Hundred Years' War.
1401: Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day central India
1402: Ottoman and Timurid Empires fight at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I.
1402: Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.
1403: The Yongle Emperor moves the capital of China from Nanjing to Beijing.
1403: The settlement of the Canary Islands signals the beginning of the Spanish Empire.
1405-1433: Zheng He of China sails through the Indian Ocean to India, Arabia, and East Africa to spread China's influence and sovereignty.
1410: The Battle of Grunwald is the decisive battle of the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War leading to the downfall of the Teutonic Knights.
1410-1413: Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland
1414: Khizr Khan, deputised by Timur to be the governor of Multan, takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1415: Henry the Navigator leads the 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.
1415: Jan Hus is burned at the stake as a heretic at the Council of Constance.
1420: Construction of the Chinese Forbidden City is completed in Beijing.
1420-1434: Hussite Wars in Bohemia
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary The renaissance king, His mercenary standing army (the Black Army) had the strongest military potential of its era
1424: James I returns to Scotland after being held hostage under three Kings of England since 1406
1424: Deva Raya II succeeds his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1425: Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) founded by Pope Martin V.
1429: Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans and turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
1438: Pachacuti founds the Inca Empire.
1440: Eton College founded by Henry VI.
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: Under Moctezuma I, the Aztecs become the dominant power in Mesoamerica.
1441: Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter, dies
1441: Portuguese navigators cruise West Africa and reestablish the European slave trade with a shipment of African slaves sent directly from Africa to Portugal.
1443: Abdur Razzaq visits India
1444: The Albanian league is established in Lezha, Skanderbeg is elected leader. A war begins against Ottoman empire. An Albanian state is set up and lasts until 1479.
Portrait of Scanderbeg, ca. 1648.
1444: Ottoman Empire under Sultan Murad II defeats the Polish and Hungarian armies under Władysław III of Poland and János Hunyadi at the Battle of Varna.
1445: Kazan Khanate defeats Grand Duchy of Moscow at the Battle of Suzdal
1446: King Sejong the Great published a hangul, the native phonetic alphabet system for the Korean language.
1446: Mallikarjuna Raya succeeds his father Deva Raya II as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire
1449: Esen Tayisi leads an Oirat Mongol invasion of China which culminate in the capture of the Zhengtong Emperor at Battle of Tumu Fortress.
Modern painting of Mehmed II marching on Constantinople in 1453
The map of Ming dynasty(1433), based on The Historical Atlas of China
1450s: Machu Picchu constructed.
1451: Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty
1453: The Fall of Constantinople marks the end of the Byzantine Empire and the death of the last Roman Emperor Constantine XI and the beginning of the Growth of the Ottoman Empire.
1453: The Battle of Castillon is the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War and the first battle in European history where cannons were a major factor in deciding the battle.
1454-1466: After defeating the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War, Poland annexes Royal Prussia.
1455-1485: Wars of the Roses - English civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster.
Richard III of England
1456: The Siege of Belgrade halts the Ottoman's advance into Europe.
1462: Sonni Ali Ber, the ruler of the Songhai (or Songhay) Empire, along the Niger River, conquers Mali in the central Sudan by defeating the Tuareg contingent at Tombouctou (or Timbuktu) and capturing the city. He develops both his own capital, Gao, and the main centres of Mali, Timbuktu and Djenné, into major cities. Ali Ber controls trade along the Niger River with a navy of war vessels.
1462: Mehmed the Conqueror is driven back by Wallachian prince Vlad III Dracula at The Night Attack.
1467: Uzun Hasan defeats the Black Sheep Turkoman leader Jahān Shāh.
1467-1615: The Sengoku period is one of civil war in Japan.
The Siege of Rhodes (1480). Ships of the Hospitaliers in the forefront, and Turkish camp in the background.
1469: The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile leads to the unification of Spain.
1469: Matthias Corvinus of Hungary conquers some parts of Bohemia.
1469: Birth of Guru Nanak Dev. Beside followers of Sikhism, Guru Nanak is revered by Hindus and Muslim Sufis across the Indian subcontinent.
1470: The Moldavian forces under Stephen the Great defeat the Tatars of the Golden Horde at the Battle of Lipnic.
1471: The kingdom of Champa suffers a massive defeat by the Vietnamese king Lê Thánh Tông.
1474-1477: Burgundy Wars of France, Switzerland, Lorraine and Sigismund II of Habsburg against the Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
1478: Muscovy conquers Novgorod.
1479: Battle of Breadfield, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary defeated the Turks.
1480: After the Great standing on the Ugra river, Muscovy gained independence from the Great Horde.
Ivan III, Grand Duke of Moscow.
1481: Spanish Inquisition begins in practice with the first auto-da-fé.
1485: Matthias Corvinus of Hungary captured Vienna, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor ran away
1485: Henry VII defeats Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and becomes King of England
1485: Ivan III of Russia conquered Tver
1485: Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty
1486: Sher Shah Suri, is born in Sasaram, Bihar
1492: The death of Sunni Ali Ber left a leadership void in the Songhai Empire, and his son was soon dethroned by Mamadou Toure who ascended the throne in 1492 under the name Askia (meaning "general") Muhammad. Askia Muhammad made Songhai the largest empire in the history of West Africa. The empire went into decline, however, after 1528, when the now-blind Askia Muhammad was dethroned by his son, Askia Musa.
1492: Boabdil's surrender of Granada marks the end of the Spanish Reconquista and Al-Andalus.
1492: Jews expelled from Spain.
1492: Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas from Spain.
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.
1499: Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.
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In which century did people believe in Fairies and elves?
Elves and Fairies were very popular and widely believed in during the Middle Ages, between the 5th and 15th Century.
What is the early modern era?
The beginning of the early modern is not completely clear. However. It is generally accepted that it began somewhere in the late 15th or early 16th century.
Which of these achievements was crucial to the Ottoman Turks' ability to capture Byzantine cities in the 15th century?
The use of gun powder
The 15th admendment?
The 15th amendment staes that you can't deinied right to vote based on race or previous servitude
What year is the 16th century?
The 16th century is AFTER the middle ages. The middle ages ended in the late 1400's.___________The 16th century has more in common with the early 17th than with most of the 15th, and is therefore generally considered "early modern", along with the 17th century and most of the 18th (as well as the late 15th). "Modern" in this usage begins usually in 1453 or 1492, though in economic and population terms a better dividing'line might be c.1470.
What century was 1525 in?
Sixteenth century.
What century is the year of 1429?
The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.The 15th century.
What was the government of the 15th century like in Enland?
Of what country
What was European religion like in the 15th century?
It was Catholic
What century is 1494?
1494 fell in the 15th Century.
1492 is in what century?
1492 is in the 15th Century.
What century is 1400 - 1499?
The 15th century
What is a date for the 15th century?
The 15th century was the century which lasted from 1400 to 1499.
What jobs do people do in the 15th century?
Well there were many various jobs. Like blacksmith, stable worker (worked with horses), messenger, they also had chefs in the 15th century.
What jobs did people do in the 15th century?
Well there were many various jobs. Like blacksmith, stable worker (worked with horses), messenger, they also had chefs in the 15th century.
What was Population of Spain in the 15th century?
the population of Spain in the 15th century was 178,000,000,000
What year does the 15th century start?
1400 is the first year of the 15th century
