WHAT HAPPENED IN 15. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 15. century

Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. (1. January 1438)

Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. (2. January 1492)

Joan of Arc is defeated by Bishop Pierre Cauchon. (3. January 1431)

Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lese-majesty. (4. January 1490)

Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. (5. January 1477)

Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan. (5. January 1500)

Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras. (6. January 1449)

Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs enter Granada, completing the Reconquista. (6. January 1492)

The Romanus Pontifex is written. (8. January 1455)

Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany. (8. January 1499)

Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. (9. January 1431)

Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. (10. January 1475)

Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV. (13. January 1435)

The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy. (16. January 1412)

The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I. (16. January 1492)

King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV. (18. January 1486)

Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. (19. January 1419)

The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV. (24. January 1438)

Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary. (24. January 1458)

Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. (25. January 1494)

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