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

Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil. (26. January 1500)

The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). (1. February 1411)

Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England. (2. February 1461)

Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. (3. February 1451)

Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. (3. February 1488)

In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. (4. February 1454)

The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy. (7. February 1497)

English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and Sir John Stewart of Darnley in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings). (12. February 1429)

The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles. (13. February 1462)

While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World. (15. February 1493)

Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia. (17. February 1411)

Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt. (17. February 1500)

George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London. (18. February 1478)

Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. (20. February 1472)

The Prussian Confederation is formed. (21. February 1440)

King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. (22. February 1495)

Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. (23. February 1455)

The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination. (1. March 1457)

Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro. (1. March 1476)

Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë. (2. March 1444)