(14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries)
Events
- Rise of Modern English language from Middle English.
- Renaissance affects philosophy, science and art.
- Jeanne d'Arc in 1429 leads French forces to a victory against England in a battle of the Hundred years war.
- Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
- Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince.
- Christopher Columbus reaches Central America in 1492.
- Muslims are expelled from southern Spain after almost 800 years of rule in 1492.
- The Spanish Inquisition is established.
- Lollardy is suppressed in England; John Badby is the first person burnt at the stake for heresy in England.
Significant people
- Filippo Brunelleschi invents one-point perspective, leads innovation in Italian architecture
- Leonardo da Vinci, inventor and painter
Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions
- printing technology refined by Johann Gutenberg.
Decades and Years