15th century

Events

• Renaissance affects philosophy, science and art.
• Lollardy is suppressed in England

1410s

• 1410: John Badby is the first person burned at the stake for heresy in England.

15 July: The Battle of Grunwald or 1st Battle of Tannenberg was fought during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

• 1414: In the summer, the Hunger War or Famine War was fought between the allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania against the Teutonic Knights.

• 1415, 6 July: John Hus is burned at the stake.

25 October: Henry V of England allies with Burgundy and defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt; part of the Hundred Years War.

• 1417: Great Schism of the Catholic Church is ended.

1420s

• 1429: Jeanne d'Arc leads French forces to a victory against England in a battle of the Hundred Years War.

1450s

• 1453: Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Empire.
• 1455-1485: The Wars of the Roses rage.

1470s

• ~1470: Rise of Modern English language from Middle English.

1480s

• 1480: The Spanish Inquisition is established.

1490s

• 1492: Muslims and Jews are expelled from southern Spain after almost 800 years of Muslim rule.

Christopher Columbus reaches Caribbean islands.

• 1498: Christopher Columbus reaches South America.

Vasco da Gama completes sea voyage to India.

Significant people

• Filippo Brunelleschi invents one-point perspective, leads innovation in Italian architecture
• Leonardo da Vinci, inventor and painter
• Henry VII, English King founds the Tudor dynasty

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• Printing technology refined by Johann Gutenberg.

Some Groups That Cover This Period

• SCA
  • Company of St Sebastian.
• Re-Enactors
  • Buckingham's Retinue - UK
  • Kingmakers - Australia
  • Das Toricht Lieben - Australia
  • York City Levy -UK

Internal Links

• 14th Century
• 16th Century
• Period
• Wikipedia:15th Century
• 15th century fighting equipment

External Links

Clothing Links

• Pictures of 15th century Female Dress including burgundian - http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/index.html
• The golden crown of Queen Margaret - http://www.virtue.to/articles/margaret.html
• Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html

Renaissance Dance Links

• 15th Century Italian Dance: http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/15th_c_italian_dance.html
• 15th century Burgundian Basse Danse: http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/burgundian_basse_danse.html