Fifteenth Century Timeline
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1480
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Ivan of Russia defeats the Tartars. |
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Leonardo da Vinci invents the parachute. |
1482
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Girolamo Savonarola starts his preaching. |
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Portuguese navigator Diogo Cam explores the mouth of the Congo. |
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Da Vinci designs and directs the construction of canals in Milan following his appointment
as chief engineer. |
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Hugo Van der Goes dies. |
1483
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Charles VIII of France is crowned. During the first three years of his
reign, his sister and her husband, Pierre de Bourbon, ruled France. |
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Martin Luther is born. Through his writings and actions he would
precipitate the Reformation movement that would undermine the Catholic Church. |
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The Duke of Buckingham, a staunch supporter of Richard III, raises a rebellion in the name of
Henry Tudor. The rebellion is quickly put down by the king and Buckingham is executed.
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1484
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Charles VIII agrees to assist Henry Tudor in his grasp for the English throne.
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1485
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Henry Tudor invades England and meets Richard III and the royal army at the
Battle of Bosworth. Richard is killed and Tudor is declared King Henry
VII.
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Botticelli paints The Birth of Venus.
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Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I, and future wife of
Henry VIII, is born at Alcala De Hanares in Spain. |
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Mallory's Le Morte D'Artur is published by Caxton. |
1486
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Maximillian becomes king of Germany.
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German Cleric Johannes Sprenger publishes
Malleus Malefaricum ("Hammer of Witches”) arguing that women, as the weaker sex,
are more likely to be witches. |
1487
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The impostor, Lambert Simnel, is crowned King Edward VI in Dublin.
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