Din Timelines

World History Timelines

1450 to 1454

1450

c - The Portuguese brought slaves to the uninhabited Cape Verde Island.

c - The chiefs of Zimbabwe's gold producing provinces declared independence from Great Zimbabwe. A northern group led by King Mwene Mutapa conquered neighboring kingdoms and a new empire called Monomutapa was formed.

x - status A few newsletters begin circulating in Europe.

x - The Venetians occupied the capital city Crete, Iraklion.u.1650

x - Americas The period of the Inca Empire. u.1532

x - Dieric Bouts paints "The Annunciation." its authenticity is controversial.u.1455

x - Johannes Gutenberg printed a bible with movable metal type in Mainz. He perfected interchangeable type that could be cast in large quantities and invented a new type of press.

1451

x - An Afghan named Buhlul invaded Delhi, and seized the throne. He founded the Lodi dynasty.

x - Johnannes Gutenberg uses a press to print an old German poem.

x - Christopher Columbus ?+, was born in Genoa. d.1506

x - France ? Jacques Coeur was charged with poisoning Agnes Sorel, mistress to King Charles VII.Sorel had died in childbirth. Charles confiscated Coeur's property and put him in jail. Coeur escaped and fled to Rome. He died several years later fighting the Turks.

mar 09 - Amerigo Vespucci was born. He was the Italian navigator after whom America was named. d.1512

apr 22 - Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Spain, patron of Christopher Columbus, was born.

jun 28 - Americas An eclipse occurred that allegedly prevented the outbreak of war between the Mohawk and the Seneca Indians.

1452

x - Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Dominican monk, reformer and martyr, was born in Ferrara.He was best known for his bonfires of the vanitiess.1497 in which corrupt books and images were set alight.d.1498

x - Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II built the castle of Rumeli Hisar in present day Istanbul.

x - Metal plates are used in printing.

apr 15 - Leonardo da Vinci d.1519 was born in Vinci near Florence.

1453

x - Gutenberg prints the 42-line Bible.

x - 100 Years War +¢ Bordeaux falls to the French. The war ends without a treaty.

x - Spice prices soared in Europe.

x - Piero della Francesca began work on the "Legenda della Vera Croce" at the church of San Francesco in Arezzo.He was commissioned by the Bacci family of Arezzo to complete the work begun by Bicci de Lorenzo.

x - The Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque.

may 29 - Fall of Constantinople + Constantinople + underConstantine XI + b. fell to Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire.Christian refugees are welcomed into Florence bring their libraries, including ancient copies of the Greek Septuagint, with them; this encourages the revival of ?New Learning? throughout western Europe and will make possible Erasmus?s ground breaking work on the Greek New Testament (the basis of the Textus Receptus)

jul 04 - 41 Jewish martyrs were burned at stake at Breslau, Poland.

jul 17 - 100 Years War France ? defeated England ?+ at Castillon, France, ending the 100 Years' War.