1415 - Events.
Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. 1372; d. 20 Sep 1440) becomes Burgrave of Nuremberg
March 14 - Jan Hus travels to the Council of Constance to propose reforms for the church
May 5 - the Council of Constance condemns the writings of John Wycliffe and asks Jan Hus to recant in public his heresy; after his denial, he is tried for heresy, excommunicated then sentenced to be burned at the stake
July 4 - Pope Gregory XII officially closes the Council of Constance
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.
15th century - Events.
1401: Timur sacks Baghdad.
1402: The Ottoman and Timurid Empires fought at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I. The Ottoman Empire descends into civil war until 1413.
1402: The conquest of the Canary Islands signals the start of the Spanish Empire.
1402: Sultanate of Malacca founded by Par ...
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.
15th century - Events.
1401: Timur sacks Baghdad.
1402: The Ottoman and Timurid Empires fought at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I. The Ottoman Empire descends into civil war until 1413.
1402: The conquest of the Canary Islands signals the start of the Spanish Empire.
1402: Sultanate of Malacca founded by Par ...
(1st millennium – 2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – other millennia)
2nd millennium - Events.
European crusades in Middle East
Mongol Empires in Asia
The Black Death
The Renaissance in Europe
The Protestant Reformation
The agricultural and industrial revolutions
The rise of nationalism and the nation state
European discovery of the Americas and Australia and their colonization
European colonization and decolonization in Afri ...
Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. Today it is mainly divided between the independent country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous state of Bengal (during local monarchial regimes and British rule) are part of the Indian states of Bihar, Tripura and Orissa.
Bengal ...
The Renaissance, also known as "Il Rinascimento" (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution, religious reform and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. It marks the transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the Modern Age. The Renaissance is usually considered to have originated in the 14th century in northern Italy and begun in the late 15th century in northern Europe.
Renaissance - Historiograph ...
Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in central Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1.2 million people. (It can be derived from jobs statistics, however, that an additional 300,000 work there without having registered as residents.) Prague is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Nicknames for Prague have included "city of a hundred spires", "the golden city", "the Left Bank of the Nineties", the "mothe ...
History of Christianity
Jesus of Nazareth
The Apostles
Ecumenical councils
Great Schism
The Crusades
Reformation
The Trinity
God the Father
Christ the Son
The Holy Spirit
The Bible
Old Testament
New Testament
Apocrypha
The Gospels
Ten Commandments
Sermon on the Mount
Christian theology
Salvation · Grace
Christian worship
Christian Church
Catholicism
Orthodox Christianity
Protestantism
Christian denominations
Christi ...
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.
15th century - Events.
1401: Timur sacks Baghdad.
1402: The Ottoman and Timurid Empires fought at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I. The Ottoman Empire descends into civil war until 1413.
1402: The conquest of the Canary Islands signals the start of the Spanish Empire.
1402: Sultanate of Malacca founded by Par ...
1461 - Events.
February 2 - Battle of Mortimer's Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales.
February 17 - Second Battle of St Albans - The Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret, who recovers control of her husband.
March 4 - The Duke of York seizes London and proclaims himself King Edward IV of England
March 29 - Battle of Towton - Edward IV de ...
Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. Battles are most often fought during wars or military campaigns and can usually be well defined in time, space and action. Wars and campaigns are guided by strategy whereas battles are the stage on which tactics are employed. German strategist Carl von Clausewitz stated that "the employment of battles to gain the end of war" was the essence of strategy.
Battle - Characteristics of battle< ...
1381 - Events.
June 12 - Peasants' Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath.
June 14 - King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants Revolt.
The revolt is discussed in John Gower's Vox Clamantis and Froissart's Chronicles.
1381 - Births.
May 9 - Johann Schiltberger, German traveller and writer (died 1440)
October 13 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1415)Including:
Aarau is the capital of the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is predominantly German-speaking and Protestant. Aarau is situated in the valley of the Aar, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura mountains.
An ancient fortress, Aarau was taken by the Bernese in 1415, and in 1798 became for six months (March to September) the capital of the Helvetic Republic.
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John Wycliffe (also Wyclif, Wycliff, or Wickliffe) (c.1320 – December 31, 1384) was an English theologian and early proponent of reform in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He made an English translation of the Bible in one complete edition and is considered a precursor of the Protestant Reformation. Wycliffe was born at Ipreswell (modern Hipswell), Yorkshire, England, between 1320 and 1330 and died at Lutterworth (near Leicester) in 1384. Wycliffe also lived during the black plague.
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The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu (Bka' rgyud), the largest of the lineages that make up the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
The 1st Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa (Dus gsum Mkhyen pa) (1110-1193), was a disciple of the Tibetan master Gampopa. A gifted child who studied dharma (Buddhist teachings) with his father from an early age and who sought out great teachers in his twenties and thirties, he is said to have attained enlightenment at the age of fifty while practicing dream yoga. He was hen ...
1369 - Events.
King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England.
Venice repels Hungarian invasion.
Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.
Tamerlane names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.
1369 - Births.
Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (died 1435)
William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (died 1414)
1371 - Events.
End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
Start of the reign of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
Charterhouse Carthusian Monastery founded in Aldersgate, London.
1371 - Births.
May 28 - John, Duke of Burgundy (died 1419)
Duke Leopold IV of Austria (died 1411)
Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (died 14 ...
1375 - Events.
October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark.
1375 - Births.
Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (approximate date; d.1415)
Nicolas Grenon, French composer (approximate date; d. 1456)
Lan Kham Deng, King of Lan Xang 1416-1428 (d. 1428)
1375 - Deaths.
July 5 - Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)
O ...
1384 - Events.
May / September 3 - Siege of Lisbon by the Castilian army, during the 1383-1385 Crisis.
November 16 - Hedwig is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
1384 - Births.
Antoine, Duke of Brabant (died 1415)
St Frances of Rome (died 1440)
Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxiana (died 1411)
1384 - Deaths.
January 1 - King Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
January ...
1380s - Events and Trends.
The Western Schism continues with Pope Urban VI and Avignon Pope Clement VII each considered by some to be the Pope.
Richard II reigns in England and Charles VI reigns in France.
Geoffrey Chaucer begins work on The Canterbury Tales
A civil war in the Scandinavian part of Sweden brought unrest to Finland, too.
As part of the Hundred Years War, the island of Jersey was attacked many times and was even occupied for a couple of years.
Many ...
