Statistics for 15th Century Events

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  • The average score is 32 of 100

Answer Stats

YearEventAnswer% Correct
1453Ottoman conquerers capture this Byzantine cityConstantinople
85%
1406Construction begins on this palace complex in BeijingForbidden City
85%
1420The Ming Dynasty designates this city as its capitalBeijing
80%
1479An outbreak of this disease in FlorenceBubonic plague
80%
1455This German goldsmith mass produces bibles with a printing pressJohannes Gutenberg
80%
1431This French teenager is burned at the stakeJoan of Arc
75%
1412This Florentine family is made the official bankers of the PapacyMedici
75%
1478This repressive religious tribunal is established in SpainSpanish Inquisition
75%
1402Spain colonises this archipelago, marking the beginning of its empireCanary Islands
70%
1433Sigismund of Luxembourg is crowned the first ____ ______ Emperor in over 50 yearsHoly Roman
70%
1448This infamous Romanian ruler first ascends to the throneVlad the Impaler
70%
1415English longbowmen defeat French knights at this battleAgincourt
65%
1457First historical mention of this sportGolf
65%
1408Last written record of a failing Norse colony on this islandGreenland
65%
1438The expansion of the Kingdom of Cusco marks the beginning of this empireInca
65%
1475Birth of this Italian painter, sculptor and architectMichelangelo
65%
1499This explorer returns to Portugal having charted a sea route from Europe to IndiaVasco da Gama
65%
1500Pedro Alvares Cabral claims this land for PortugalBrazil
60%
1492This Italian explorer arrives in the AmericasChristopher Columbus
60%
1485This crookbacked king dies on the battlefieldRichard III
60%
1439Publication of the Zij-i Sultani, a Muslim catalogue of these celestial bodiesStars
60%
1483Two young princes are imprisoned and possibly murdered in this buildingTower of London
60%
1422This English king dies suddenly of illness while campaigning in FranceHenry V
55%
1425Popular revolt against the rulers of this Mediterranean islandMalta
55%
1474The first codified patent system is established in this Italian cityVenice
55%
1407China completes its conquest of this countryVietnam
55%
1498Leonardo da Vinci completes this paintingThe Last Supper
50%
1432Portuguese colonisation of this uninhabited archipelagoAzores
45%
1471This Yorkist king seizes the English throneEdward IV
45%
1469England goes to war against this league of Baltic citiesHanseatic League
45%
1470This Lancastrian king is briefly restored to the English throneHenry VI
45%
1496Foundation of this city, the oldest permanent European settlement in the New WorldSanto Domingo
45%
1482Diogo Cão becomes the first European to sail up this riverCongo
40%
1441Emissaries from this Coptic empire attend an ecclesiastical council in FlorenceEthiopia
40%
1401Adherents of this sect are outlawed in England as hereticsLollardy
40%
1418Portuguese sailors are blown off course and discover this Atlantic islandMadeira
40%
1468Norway pledges this archipelago to Scotland as security for a royal marriage dowryOrkney
40%
1416The Republic of Ragusa becomes the first state in Europe to ban this practiceSlavery
40%
1477Foundation of this university, the oldest in SwedenUppsala University
40%
1456European explorers discover this uninhabited archipelagoCape Verde
35%
1486The houses of Lancaster and York are united as Henry VII marries ________ of YorkElizabeth
35%
1465A revolt in this Moroccan city leads to the ousting of the sultanFez
35%
1487This strange animal, presented as a gift to the Medicis, causes a stir in FlorenceGiraffe
35%
1462This influential Russian ruler becomes Grand Prince of MoscowIvan the Great
35%
1476Leonardo da Vinci is acquitted of these chargesSodomy
35%
1413Foundation of this university, the oldest in ScotlandUniversity of St Andrews
35%
1421Death of this conquering Ottoman sultanMehmed I
30%
1480A confrontation on the Ugra River marks this duchy's independence from the Great HordeMoscow
30%
1423Ottoman forces ravage this Greek peninsulaPeloponnese
30%
1437A failed Portuguese attempt to capture this North African cityTangier
30%
1410Installation of the Prague ___________ ClockAstronomical
25%
1466This Renaissance artist dies aged 80 in FlorenceDonatello
25%
1427Decisive victory for the ________ in the Battle of Tachov in BohemiaHussites
25%
1497This Italian explorer charts the coast of NewfoundlandJohn Cabot
25%
1429The siege of _______ is broken by a decisive French victoryOrleans
25%
1495Europe's first modern dry dock is built in this English portPortsmouth
25%
1481This Mediterranean island is devastated by a series of earthquakesRhodes
25%
1473The first complete Western publication of this 11th century Persian physician's medical encyclopediaAvicenna
20%
1494Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli publishes this method of book-keepingDouble entry
20%
1446King Sejong the Great publishes this Korean (but universally applicable) alphabetHangul
20%
1491The ruler of this African kingdom is baptised by Portuguese missionariesKongo
20%
1461The Battle of ______, the bloodiest battle ever fought in EnglandTowton
20%
1405This Chinese admiral departs on his first voyage of explorationZheng He
20%
1434Jan van Eyck paints the ________ PortraitArnolfini
15%
1414Convention of the Council of _________ to resolve the Western SchismConstance
15%
1464King Edward IV secretly marries this commonerElizabeth Woodville
15%
1436Completion and consecration of this cathedral in ItalyFlorence Cathedral
15%
1409The Council of ____ attempts to end the Western Schism by electing a new popePisa
15%
1472Foundation of the world's oldest existing bank, beginning as a mount of piety in this Italian citySiena
15%
1442This Aragonese king proclaims himself king of NaplesAlfonso
10%
1493Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III undergoes this surgical procedureAmputation
10%
1403This English rebel is killed at the Battle of ShrewsburyHenry 'Hotspur' Percy
10%
1424This king returns to Scotland after 18 years as a hostage in EnglandJames I
10%
1488This king is killed at the Battle of SauchieburnJames III
10%
1417The Western Schism comes to an end with ______ V elected popeMartin
10%
1404Earliest possible date of authorship (by carbon dating) of this mysterious manuscriptVoynich manuscript
10%
1449This duke, the final historical antipope, relinquishes his claim to the papacyFelix V
5%
1440This French knight and baron is executed for the serial murder of childrenGilles de Rais
5%
1458The ____ Day, an attempted ritualistic reconciliation between Yorkists and LancastriansLove
5%
1467Sultan Hassan III, ruler of this country, is deposed in absentia while on HajjMaldives
5%
1428This pioneering Florentine artist dies aged 26Masaccio
5%
1490This unusual natural disaster kills a number of people in Qinyang, ChinaMeteor shower
5%
1484Death of this infamously nepotistic popeSixtus IV
5%
1430Ottoman forces capture this Greek cityThessalonica
5%
1435This treaty terminates the alliance between England and BurgundyTreaty of Arras
5%
1419Korea launches a failed invasion of this islandTsushima
5%
1445Ottoman invaders are defeated by forces from this country at the Battle of MokraAlbania
0%
1459According to legend, the marriage of this founder of the Rosicrucian OrderChristian Rosenkreuz
0%
1411The bloody Battle of ______ is fought to a draw in ScotlandHarlaw
0%
1447This Lancastrian duke is arrested for treasonHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester
0%
1450This Englishman leads a failed revolt against the CrownJack Cade
0%
1451Death of this English monk and poetJohn Lydgate
0%
1443Stephen II, ruler of this country, gouges out his brother's eyesMoldavia
0%
1463After burial, the body of this future saint is exhumed and found to be incorruptSaint Catherine
0%
1454The _______ ______ War breaks out between Prussia and the Teutonic OrderThirteen Years'
0%
1426Death of this English poetThomas Hoccleve
0%
1444The Treaty of _____ secures a peace between England and FranceTours
0%
1489First reliable documentation of this diseaseTyphus
0%
1452A volcanic eruption on this Pacific island lengthens the Little Ice AgeVanuatu
0%
1460The Duke of York is killed in the Battle of _________Wakefield
0%

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