WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 15. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the first half of the 15. century

Charles VII of France becomes king in succession to his father Charles VI of France though he isn't officially crowned king until 1429. (29. October 1422)

The Peace of Bicêtre. (2. November 1410)

Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. (4. November 1429)

Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi, Viet Nam. (7. November 1426)

Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw III of Poland) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed. (10. November 1444)

Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament. (12. November 1439)

Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu. (17. November 1405)

A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will be known as Sint-Elisabethsvloed. (18. November 1421)

A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed upon under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy. (20. November 1407)

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité. (24. November 1429)

Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag. (28. November 1443)

Henry V of England enters Paris. (1. December 1420)

The University of Leipzig opens. (2. December 1409)

Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. (5. December 1408)

The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War. (8. December 1432)

The Catholic University of Leuven is founded. (9. December 1425)

The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order is created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary. (12. December 1408)

Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. (16. December 1431)

Army of Ming Dynasty started withdrawing from Hanoi, put an end to the domination of Đại Việt. (29. December 1427)

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