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The 15th Century (1401 - 1500)

 

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1399 - 1413 King Henry IV

1413 - 1422 King Henry V

• 1413: 20 March - Death of Henry IV - succeeded by his son Henry V
• 1415: King Henry V welcomed on Blackheath returning victorious from Agincourt, France.
• 1422: 31 August - King Henry V dies of fever

1422 - 1461 King Henry VI

• 1427: Humphrey of Gloucester inherits royal manor of Greenwich and builds Bella Court
• 1428: Joan of Arc leads French against the English
• 1431: Joan of Arc burned at the stake for being a witch
• 1433: Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, brother of King Henry V, acquired land at Greenwich (Greenwich Royal Park) and has it enclosed.
• 1445: Plague strikes England
• 1453: End of Hundred Years' War between England and France
• 1455: Wars of the Roses begin.

1461 - 1483 King Edward IV

• 1471: Pliny sets up first European observatory
• 1471: Regiomontanus (Johann Müller) reports his observations on, what was to become, Halley's Comet
• 1477: Edward IV bans cricket (distracted the English Army from archery)

1483: Edward V ascends English Throne (age 12)

1483 - 1485 King Richard III

• 1485: Wars of Roses end.

1485 - 1509 King Henry VII

• 1491: King Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) born in Greenwich.
• 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in Caribbean Islands
• 1493: Christopher Columbus returns to Europe and introduces tobacco
• 1497: Vasco de Gama sails around Cape of Good Hope.
• 1498: Vasco de Gamma discovers a sea-route to India
• 1499: Slave trade begins in Lisbon
• c1500: Tudor Palace of Placentia built at Greenwich by King Henry VII

 

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