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Year
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Event
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Answer
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1401
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Adherents of this sect are outlawed in England as heretics
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Lollardy
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1402
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Spain colonises this archipelago, marking the beginning of its empire
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Canary Islands
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1403
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This English rebel is killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury
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Henry 'Hotspur' Percy
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1404
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Earliest possible date of authorship (by carbon dating) of this mysterious manuscript
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Voynich manuscript
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1405
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This Chinese admiral departs on his first voyage of exploration
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Zheng He
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1406
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Construction begins on this palace complex in Beijing
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Forbidden City
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1407
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China completes its conquest of this country
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Vietnam
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1408
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Last written record of a failing Norse colony on this island
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Greenland
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1409
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The Council of ____ attempts to end the Western Schism by electing a new pope
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Pisa
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1410
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Installation of the Prague ___________ Clock
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Astronomical
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1411
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The bloody Battle of ______ is fought to a draw in Scotland
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Harlaw
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1412
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This Florentine family is made the official bankers of the Papacy
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Medici
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1413
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Foundation of this university, the oldest in Scotland
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University of St Andrews
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1414
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Convention of the Council of _________ to resolve the Western Schism
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Constance
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1415
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English longbowmen defeat French knights at this battle
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Agincourt
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1416
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The Republic of Ragusa becomes the first state in Europe to ban this practice
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Slavery
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1417
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The Western Schism comes to an end with ______ V elected pope
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Martin
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1418
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Portuguese sailors are blown off course and discover this Atlantic island
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Madeira
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1419
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Korea launches a failed invasion of this island
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Tsushima
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1420
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The Ming Dynasty designates this city as its capital
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Beijing
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1421
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Death of this conquering Ottoman sultan
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Mehmed I
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1422
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This English king dies suddenly of illness while campaigning in France
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Henry V
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1423
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Ottoman forces ravage this Greek peninsula
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Peloponnese
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1424
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This king returns to Scotland after 18 years as a hostage in England
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James I
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1425
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Popular revolt against the rulers of this Mediterranean island
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Malta
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1426
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Death of this English poet
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Thomas Hoccleve
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1427
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Decisive victory for the ________ in the Battle of Tachov in Bohemia
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Hussites
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1428
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This pioneering Florentine artist dies aged 26
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Masaccio
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1429
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The siege of _______ is broken by a decisive French victory
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Orleans
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1430
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Ottoman forces capture this Greek city
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Thessalonica
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1431
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This French teenager is burned at the stake
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Joan of Arc
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1432
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Portuguese colonisation of this uninhabited archipelago
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Azores
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1433
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Sigismund of Luxembourg is crowned the first ____ ______ Emperor in over 50 years
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Holy Roman
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1434
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Jan van Eyck paints the ________ Portrait
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Arnolfini
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1435
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This treaty terminates the alliance between England and Burgundy
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Treaty of Arras
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1436
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Completion and consecration of this cathedral in Italy
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Florence Cathedral
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1437
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A failed Portuguese attempt to capture this North African city
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Tangier
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1438
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The expansion of the Kingdom of Cusco marks the beginning of this empire
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Inca
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1439
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Publication of the Zij-i Sultani, a Muslim catalogue of these celestial bodies
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Stars
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1440
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This French knight and baron is executed for the serial murder of children
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Gilles de Rais
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1441
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Emissaries from this Coptic empire attend an ecclesiastical council in Florence
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Ethiopia
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1442
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This Aragonese king proclaims himself king of Naples
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Alfonso
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1443
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Stephen II, ruler of this country, gouges out his brother's eyes
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Moldavia
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1444
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The Treaty of _____ secures a peace between England and France
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Tours
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1445
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Ottoman invaders are defeated by forces from this country at the Battle of Mokra
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Albania
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1446
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King Sejong the Great publishes this Korean (but universally applicable) alphabet
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Hangul
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1447
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This Lancastrian duke is arrested for treason
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
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1448
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This infamous Romanian ruler first ascends to the throne
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Vlad the Impaler
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1449
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This duke, the final historical antipope, relinquishes his claim to the papacy
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Felix V
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1450
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This Englishman leads a failed revolt against the Crown
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Jack Cade
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1451
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Death of this English monk and poet
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John Lydgate
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1452
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A volcanic eruption on this Pacific island lengthens the Little Ice Age
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Vanuatu
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1453
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Ottoman conquerers capture this Byzantine city
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Constantinople
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1454
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The _______ ______ War breaks out between Prussia and the Teutonic Order
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Thirteen Years'
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1455
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This German goldsmith mass produces bibles with a printing press
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Johannes Gutenberg
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1456
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European explorers discover this uninhabited archipelago
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Cape Verde
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1457
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First historical mention of this sport
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Golf
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1458
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The ____ Day, an attempted ritualistic reconciliation between Yorkists and Lancastrians
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Love
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1459
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According to legend, the marriage of this founder of the Rosicrucian Order
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Christian Rosenkreuz
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1460
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The Duke of York is killed in the Battle of _________
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Wakefield
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1461
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The Battle of ______, the bloodiest battle ever fought in England
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Towton
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1462
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This influential Russian ruler becomes Grand Prince of Moscow
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Ivan the Great
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1463
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After burial, the body of this future saint is exhumed and found to be incorrupt
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Saint Catherine
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1464
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King Edward IV secretly marries this commoner
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Elizabeth Woodville
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1465
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A revolt in this Moroccan city leads to the ousting of the sultan
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Fez
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1466
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This Renaissance artist dies aged 80 in Florence
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Donatello
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1467
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Sultan Hassan III, ruler of this country, is deposed in absentia while on Hajj
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Maldives
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1468
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Norway pledges this archipelago to Scotland as security for a royal marriage dowry
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Orkney
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1469
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England goes to war against this league of Baltic cities
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Hanseatic League
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1470
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This Lancastrian king is briefly restored to the English throne
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Henry VI
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1471
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This Yorkist king seizes the English throne
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Edward IV
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1472
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Foundation of the world's oldest existing bank, beginning as a mount of piety in this Italian city
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Siena
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1473
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The first complete Western publication of this 11th century Persian physician's medical encyclopedia
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Avicenna
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1474
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The first codified patent system is established in this Italian city
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Venice
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1475
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Birth of this Italian painter, sculptor and architect
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Michelangelo
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1476
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Leonardo da Vinci is acquitted of these charges
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Sodomy
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1477
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Foundation of this university, the oldest in Sweden
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Uppsala University
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1478
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This repressive religious tribunal is established in Spain
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Spanish Inquisition
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1479
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An outbreak of this disease in Florence
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Bubonic plague
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|
1480
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A confrontation on the Ugra River marks this duchy's independence from the Great Horde
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Moscow
|
|
1481
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This Mediterranean island is devastated by a series of earthquakes
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Rhodes
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1482
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Diogo Cão becomes the first European to sail up this river
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Congo
|
|
1483
|
Two young princes are imprisoned and possibly murdered in this building
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Tower of London
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|
1484
|
Death of this infamously nepotistic pope
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Sixtus IV
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|
1485
|
This crookbacked king dies on the battlefield
|
Richard III
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1486
|
The houses of Lancaster and York are united as Henry VII marries ________ of York
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Elizabeth
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1487
|
This strange animal, presented as a gift to the Medicis, causes a stir in Florence
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Giraffe
|
|
1488
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This king is killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn
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James III
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|
1489
|
First reliable documentation of this disease
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Typhus
|
|
1490
|
This unusual natural disaster kills a number of people in Qinyang, China
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Meteor shower
|
|
1491
|
The ruler of this African kingdom is baptised by Portuguese missionaries
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Kongo
|
|
1492
|
This Italian explorer arrives in the Americas
|
Christopher Columbus
|
|
1493
|
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III undergoes this surgical procedure
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Amputation
|
|
1494
|
Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli publishes this method of book-keeping
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Double entry
|
|
1495
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Europe's first modern dry dock is built in this English port
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Portsmouth
|
|
1496
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Foundation of this city, the oldest permanent European settlement in the New World
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Santo Domingo
|
|
1497
|
This Italian explorer charts the coast of Newfoundland
|
John Cabot
|
|
1498
|
Leonardo da Vinci completes this painting
|
The Last Supper
|
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1499
|
This explorer returns to Portugal having charted a sea route from Europe to India
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Vasco da Gama
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1500
|
Pedro Alvares Cabral claims this land for Portugal
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Brazil
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