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15th Century Scientific Inventions and Events?

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1. List of 15th century significants: Renaissance affects philosophy, science and art. Age of Discovery begins. Rise of Modern English language from Middle English. Introduction of the noon bell in the Catholic world. Public banks Yongle Encyclopedia - over 22,000 volumes Hangul alphabet in Korea Scotch whisky Psychiatric hospitals Development of the woodcut for printing between 1400-1450 Movable type first used by China, then by King Htai Tjong of Korea - 500-1403 Linear perspective drawing perfected by Filippo Brunelleschi 1410-1415 Invention of the harpsichord c. 1450 Letterpress printing developed by Johann Gutenberg 1455 "Discovery" of North America by Christopher Columbus 1492 First canal lock reportedly built in Vreeswijk, Netherlands in 1481 1401: Timur sacks Baghdad. 1402: The Ottoman and Timurid Empires fight at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I. The Ottoman Empire descends into civil war until 1413. 1402: The conquest of the Canary Islands signals the beginning of the Spanish Empire. 1402: Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara. 1403: The Yongle Emperor moves the capital of China from Nanjing to Beijing. 1405-33: Zheng He explores the Indian Ocean. 1410: The Battle of Grunwald was the decisive battle of the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War leading to the downfall of the Teutonic Knights. 1415: Henry the Navigator leads the conquest of Ceuta from the Moors marking the beginning of the Portuguese Empire. 1415: Battle of Agincourt fought between the Kingdom of England and France 1420-34: Hussite Wars in Bohemia 1429: Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans and turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War. 1438: Pachacuti founds the Inca Empire. 1440s: The Golden Horde breaks up into the Siberia Khanate, the Khanate of Kazan, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Crimean Khanate, and the Great Horde. 1440-69: Under Moctezuma I, the Aztecs become the dominant power in Mesoamerica. 1453: The Fall of Constantinople marks the end of the Byzantine Empire. Charles VII of France, final victor of the Hundred Years' War1453: The Battle of Castillon is the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War. 1454-66: After defeating the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War, Poland annexes Royal Prussia. 1455-85: Wars of the Roses - English civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. 1456: The Siege of Belgrade halts the Ottoman's advance into Europe. 1467-1615: The Sengoku period is one of civil war in Japan. 1469: The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile leads to the unification of Spain. 1474-77: Burgundy Wars between France and the Habsburgs for control of Burgundy. 1478: Muscovy conquers Novgorod. 1480: After the Great standing on the Ugra river, Muscovy gained independence from the Great Horde. 1481: Spanish Inquisition begins. 1492: Boabdil's surrender of Granada marks the end of the Reconquista and Al-Andalus. 1493: Christopher Columbus founds Spain's first New World colony on Hispaniola. 1494: Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves. 1494-1559: The Italian Wars lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states. 1497-1499: Vasco da Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back. *Columbus lands in the Americas in 1492 *Zhen He's fleet of giant 400 feet ships sail around the Indian and Pacific Ocean on Emissary missions in 1405-1422. *Movable type, which allowed individual characters to be arranged to form words, was invented in China by Bi Sheng between 1041 to 1048. Then the Arabs spread the technology to Europe - Gutenberg type.
2. well... important event: Colombus reaches america 1492 important technology: printing with movable letters, gutenberg around the same time science: sir francis drake works out certain methods and processes which are the first form what is now called the scientific method. thats about it. if it is a school question, go for columbus and gutenberg