The 15th century
4,825 sourced entries across 100 documented years, grouped into 10 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly.
Decades
- The 1400s — 10 years, 477 entries
- The 1410s — 10 years, 455 entries
- The 1420s — 10 years, 409 entries
- The 1430s — 10 years, 458 entries
- The 1440s — 10 years, 508 entries
- The 1450s — 10 years, 454 entries
- The 1460s — 10 years, 491 entries
- The 1470s — 10 years, 484 entries
- The 1480s — 10 years, 526 entries
- The 1490s — 10 years, 563 entries
By subject
- Conflict & Security in the 15th century — 883 entries
- Geopolitics & Diplomacy in the 15th century — 482 entries
- Religion & Belief in the 15th century — 417 entries
- Culture & Society in the 15th century — 280 entries
- Exploration & Expansion in the 15th century — 157 entries
- Crime & Justice in the 15th century — 84 entries
- Technology & Infrastructure in the 15th century — 50 entries
- Science & Discovery in the 15th century — 40 entries
- Climate & Environment in the 15th century — 31 entries
- Health & Medicine in the 15th century — 29 entries
- Economy & Finance in the 15th century — 20 entries
- Disasters & Accidents in the 15th century — 20 entries
A few of the years
- 1400April – King Swa Saw Ke, of Ava, the largest kingdom in Burma, dies after a reign of 33 years and is succeeded by his son, King Tarabya, who reigns less than seven months before being assassinated.
- 1414January 7 – After the Battle of Grunwald, the Teutonic Order can’t sustain the warmongering politics of Heinrich von Plauen and thus Michael Küchmesier becomes the 28th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, succeeding Heinrich von Plauen.
- 1425June 27 – Zhu Zhanji is formally enthroned as the Ming dynasty Emperor of China as the Emperor Xuanzong, beginning the Xuande Era.
- 1436March 21 – Italian archaeologist Cyriacus of Ancona, exploring at the Greek village of Kastri) rediscovers the site of Delphi, eight centuries after it had been abandoned. More than four more centuries will pass before the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, the workplace of the Oracle of Delphi, will be found.
- 1447February 20 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, uncle and heir apparent of King Henry VI of England, is arrested on a charge of treason. He dies from a stroke three days later while imprisoned at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk Richard of York becomes next in line for the throne.
- 1460June 26 – Wars of the Roses: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March (eldest son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York) land in England at Sandwich, Kent with an army, and march on London.
- 1472January 22 – The Great Comet of 1472 passes within 0.07 astronomical units of Earth (6.507 million miles or 10.472 million km), the closest approach in recorded history for a great comet
- 1483January 7 – At Pau (now part of France), Queen Catalina becomes the new ruler of Navarre at the age of 14, upon the death of her older brother, the 15-year-old King Francisco Febo. Their mother, Magdalena of Valois, continues as regent of Navarre.