1461
New heavy taxes for the Swedes: The Danish King Kristian I needs money to be able to hold on to the recently purchased Schleswig-Holstein. Borders moved about quite a bit in those days...
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1461
New heavy taxes for the Swedes: The Danish King Kristian I needs money to be able to hold on to the recently purchased Schleswig-Holstein. Borders moved about quite a bit in those days...
1460 - Portuguese navigators reach the coast of Sierra Leone
1459
The city of Jodhpur, in western India, is founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.
1458 - Isabelle Romee (Joan of Arc's mother) dies
1457 - King Henry VII of England is born
1456
Vlad III Dracula becomes Prince of Wallachia
Cape Verde Islands are discovered
Poet Juan de Mena dies.
1455 - The Wars of the Roses begin
1454-Amerigo Vespucci is born
1453 - Johann Gutenberg invents the printing press
1452-Leonardo Da Vinci is born.
1451 - Christopher Columbus is born
1450-the city of Zimbabwe is abandoned making the destruction of the Zimbabwe empire complete.
1449 - Pope Nicholas V is elected
1448-King Kristoffer of Denmark, Norway and Sweden dies with no heir. By the end of the year, Denmark is its own kingdom, and Sweden is its own kingdom. Norway joins the kingdom of Denmark.
1447 - Vlad II Dracul dies
1446-the hangul alphabet is created in Korea
1445 - Senegal and Cape Verde are "discovered"
1444 - Birth of Sandro Botticelli, the famous Italian painter
1443 - Pope Julius II is born
1442-King Edward IV is born in England.
1441 - King's College is founded
1440
Eton College is founded by Henry VI.
1439 - Pope Pius III is born
1438 - King Duarte of Portugal dies of the plague
1437 - James I of Scotland is stabbed
1436 - Paris is recaptured by the French
1435 - Xuande (Chinese Emperor) dies
1434 - Alexandra of Lithuania dies
1433 The Ming Dynasty in China disbands their naval fleet after the last great maritime expedition led by Admiral Zheng He, altering the balance of power in the Indian Ocean and making it easier for Portugal and other Western naval powers to gain dominance over the seas.
( courtesy of wikipedia!)
1432 Abdication of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainault
1431 Joan of Arc is handed over to the English tried for hersey and executed by burning on the 30th of May.
1430 - Christine de Pizan dies
1429
French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans
1428 Joan of Arc hears voices.
1427 - The first witch hunts begin, in Switzerland.
Pipo of Ozora (Hungarian military leader) dies
1426 - New Years Day was a Tuesday
Sorry, forgot to put the year last time :p
1425 - Beijing becomes the largest city in the world
1424 - Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews
1423 - first printed books in Europe