1400 A.D. -- 1500 A.D.
THE SECOND MILLENIA
AD 1000 -- AD 2000


A Caravel

1400 A.D. -- 1500 A.D.
1400's
Portugese seafarers begin to explore the coast of West Africa in small but sophisticated wooden sailing ships known as caravels.
Montezuma II, Aztec emperor, sets up tribute system in which he orders subjects to make annual payments of food and precious stones.
Johann Gutenberg inventor of printing in Europe is born.
1407
Bethlehem Hospital, London, becomes an institution for the insane.
1416
Dutch fishermen were the first to use drift nets.
1420
Torquemada, the future Spanish Grand Inquisitor, is born.
1424
James I of Scotland tries (and fails) to ban golf so troops will practice archery more.

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1448
The Portugese establish the first trading post with Africa.
1450
Printing with movable type appears in Europe.
1451
Italians Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci are born.

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1452
Metal plates are used for printing.
Leonardo da Vinci is born.
1453
Heavy artillery (cannons) help Muslim Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople, putting an end to 1000 years of Christian rule.
1453
End of the Hundred Years War between England and France.

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1455 -- 1485
The War of the Roses in England.
1465
Incas conquer Chima state in Peru.
Edward IV passes edict forbidding "hustling of stones", and other bowling-like sports.
1468
Johann Gutenberg, often called the inventor of printing dies.
1473 -- 1481
The Sistine Chapel is built under the supervision of Giovanni de Dolci.
1480
Leonardo da Vinci invents the parachute. (Why?)
1481
The Spanish Inquisition, a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical tribunal to discover, punish, and prevent heresy begins.
1483
Russia begins to explore Siberia.

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1483 -- 1546
Martin Luther , leader of the protestant reformation attacks the authority of the Pope, rejects celibacy, and recommends Bible study.
1490
Aldine Press opens in Venice, goes on to publish first pocket editions of poetry and Greek classics.
1492
Spanish conquer Granada and extinguish the Moorish kingdom, consolidating the monarchys of Ferdinand of Aragon, and Isabella of Castille.
Inquisitor general Torquemada tells Spanish Jews they have three months to accept Christianity, or leave the country.
1492
Ferdinand and Isabella finance voyage of Christopher Columbus to India..he winds up in America.
1494
The earliest account of Scots making whiskey.
1495
Leonardo da Vinci paints the "Last Supper".
1497
Vasco de Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope after having left Lisbon on his way to India.


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