, Columbus discovers America for Spain . Beginning of the Modern Age ]]
As a means of recording the passage of Time , the was that Century which lasted from 1401 to 1500 .
Ottoman and Timurid Empire s fight at the Battle Of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I . The Ottoman Empire descends into Civil War until 1413 .
Giraffe being led into a Ming Dynasty Zoo , a Chinese Painting by She Du, 1414 AD, during the reign of the Yongle Emperor .]]
- Abu Sa'id Al-Afif - Samaritian
- Christine De Pizan , French writer ( 1364 - 1430 ).
- Jan Hus , Bohemian religious thinker and reformer (c. 1369 - 1415 ).
- Zheng He , Chinese eunuch admiral and explorer ( 1371 - 1433 ).
- Filippo Brunelleschi invents one-point perspective, leads innovation in Italian architecture ( 1377 - 1446 ).
- Henry V Of England , the English King who won the famous Battle Of Agincourt in 1415 ( 1387 - 1422 ).
- John Hunyadi , Regent of Kingdom Of Hungary , won the Siege Of Belgrade in 1456 ( 1387 - 1456 )
- Sejong The Great Of Joseon , a Korean monarch who developed Hangul , the native Korean alphabet ( 1397 - 1450 ).
- Johannes Gutenberg , European inventor of printing with movable type (c. 1398 - 1468 )
- Stephen III Of Moldavia , also known as Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia, national hero of Romanians for long resistance to the Ottomans ( 1437 - 1504 )
- Constantine XI , Last Byzantine Emperor ( 1404 - 1453 ).
- Johannes Ockeghem , Flemish composer (ca. 1410 - 1497 ).
- Joan Of Arc , national Heroine of France ( 1412 - 1431 ).
- Louis XI , King of France ( 1423 - 1483 ).
- Kazimierz IV Jagiellon King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania ( 1427 - 1492 ).
- François Villon , French poet (c. 1431 - 1474 ).
- Vlad III Dracula , Prince Of Wallachia who led the defense of his territory against the expanding Ottoman Empire ( 1431 - 1476 ).
- Mehmed II , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Conqueror of Constantinople ( 1432 - 1481 ).
- Mir Chakar Khan Rind ( 1468 )-( 1565 )
- Marsilio Ficino , Significant translator of Plato 's works ( 1433 - 1481 ).
- Gjergj Kastrioti, Skenderbeg - Albanian Prince who resisted the Ottomans for almost 30 years in the name of the Albanian people and Catholic faith ( 1443 - 1468 ).
- Matthias Corvinus Of Hungary , Renaissance ruler ( 1443 - 1490 ).
- Isabella Of Castile , co-ruler of Ferdinand II of Aragon and responsible with him for the unification of Spain ( 1451 - 1504 ).
- Christopher Columbus sails to the Americas for Spain (c. 1451 - 1506 ).
- Richard III Of England , last English King of the House Of York , last of the Plantagenet Dynasty ( 1452 - 1485 ).
- Ferdinand II Of Aragon , co-ruler of Isabella of Castile and responsible with her for the unification of Spain ( 1452 - 1516 ).
- Leonardo Da Vinci , inventor and painter ( 1452 - 1519 ).
- Henry VII Of England , English King and founder the Tudor Dynasty ( 1457 - 1509 ).
- Vasco Da Gama reaches India for Portugal , creating the first maritime alternative for the Silk Road (c. 1469 - 1524
List Of 15th Century Inventions
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