15th century
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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.
- 1415: John Hus is burned at the stake.
- 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.
- 1492 - Christopher Columbus reaches Caribbean islands.
- 1498 - Christopher Columbus reaches South America.
- 1498 - 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
- Re-Enactors
- Buckingham's Retinue] - UK
- Kingmakers - Australia
- Das Toricht Lieben - Australia
- York City Levy -UK
Internal Links
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
