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

Richard le Scrope, the Archbishop of York, and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders. (8. June 1405)

Hundred Years' War: start of the Battle of Jargeau. (11. June 1429)

An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians. (12. June 1418)

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau. (12. June 1429)

Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ Dynasty are captured by Ming Dynasty. (16. June 1407)

French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War. (18. June 1429)

Western Schism: the Roman Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon. (26. June 1409)

Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll. (29. June 1444)

Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. (30. June 1422)

The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of Castilian during the Reconquista. (1. July 1431)

Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor. (6. July 1411)

Jan Hus is burned at the stake. (6. July 1415)

Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time. (11. July 1405)

Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald – the allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order. (15. July 1410)

Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming Dynasty of China. (17. July 1402)

Hundred Years' War – Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc (17. July 1429)

Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara – Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I. (20. July 1402)

Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England. (21. July 1403)

Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place. (24. July 1411)

First Defenestration of Prague: a crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. (30. July 1419)