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As Europe continued to grow more prosperous, the urban middle classes, including skilled workers, began to wear more complex clothes that followed, at a distance, the fashions set by the elites. National variations in clothing seem on the whole to have increased over the century. As Europe continued to grow more prosperous, the urban middle classes, including skilled workers, began to wear more complex clothes that followed, at a distance, the fashions set by the elites. National variations in clothing seem on the whole to have increased over the century.
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-* [[1401]]: [[Timur]] sacks [[Baghdad]]. 
-* [[1402]]: The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and [[Timurid Empire]]s fight at the [[Battle of Ankara]] resulting in Timur's capture of [[Bayezid I]]. The Ottoman Empire descends into [[Ottoman Intteregium|civil war]] until [[1413]]. 
-* [[1402]]: The conquest of the [[Canary Islands]] signals the beginning of the [[Spanish Empire]]. 
-* [[1402]]: [[Sultanate of Malacca]] founded by [[Parameswara (sultan)|Parameshwara]]. 
-* [[1403]]: The [[Yongle Emperor]] moves the capital of China from [[Nanjing]] to [[Beijing]]. 
-* [[1405]]-[[1433|33]]: [[Zheng He]] of China sails through the [[Indian Ocean]] to India, Arabia, and East Africa. 
-* [[1410]]: The [[Battle of Grunwald]] was the decisive battle of the [[Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War (1409-1411)|Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War]] leading to the downfall of the [[Teutonic Knights]]. 
-* [[1415]]: [[Henry the Navigator]] leads the [[Battle of Ceuta|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]]: Construction of the Chinese [[Forbidden City]] is completed in Beijing. 
-* [[1420]]-[[1434|34]]: [[Hussite Wars]] in [[Bohemia]] 
* [[1429]]: [[Joan of Arc]] ends the [[Siege of Orléans]] and turns the tide of the [[Hundred Years' War]]. * [[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]]-[[1469|69]]: Under [[Moctezuma I]], the [[Aztec]]s become the dominant power in [[Mesoamerica]]. 
-* [[1444]]: The [[Albania|Albanian league]] is established in Lezha, [[Skanderbeg]] is elected leader 
-* [[1453]]: The [[Fall of Constantinople]] marks the end of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. 
-[[Image:Chas_vii.jpg|thumb|right|170px|[[Charles VII of France]], final victor of the Hundred Years' War]] 
-* [[1453]]: The [[Battle of Castillon]] is the last engagement of the [[Hundred Years' War]]. 
-* [[1454]]-[[1466|66]]: After defeating the Teutonic Knights in the [[Thirteen Years' War]], Poland annexes [[Royal Prussia]]. 
-* [[1455]]-[[1485|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]]-[[1477|77]]: [[Burgundy Wars]] of [[France]],[[Switzerland]],[[Lorraine]] and [[Sigismund II of Habsburg]] against de [[Burgundy|duke of Burgundy]], [[Charles the bold]]. 
-* [[1478]]: [[Muscovy]] conquers [[Novgorod]]. 
-* [[1480]]: After the [[Great standing on the Ugra river]], Muscovy gained independence from the Great Horde. 
* [[1481]]: [[Spanish Inquisition]] begins. * [[1481]]: [[Spanish Inquisition]] begins.
-* [[1485]]: [[Henry VII]] defeats [[Richard III]] at the [[Battle of Bosworth]] and becomes King of England 
-* [[1492]]: [[Boabdil]]'s surrender of [[Granada]] marks the end of the [[Reconquista]] and [[Al-Andalus]]. 
* [[1492]]: [[Jews]] expelled from [[Spain]]. * [[1492]]: [[Jews]] expelled from [[Spain]].
* [[1492]]: [[Christopher Columbus]] founds Spain's first [[New World]] colony on [[Hispaniola]]. * [[1492]]: [[Christopher Columbus]] founds Spain's first [[New World]] colony on [[Hispaniola]].

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.

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Fashion

Fashion in 15th century Europe is characterized by a series of extremes and extravagances, from the voluminous gowns called houppelandes with their sweeping floor-length sleeves to the revealing doublets and hose of Renaissance Italy. Hats, hoods, and other headdresses assumed increasing importance, and were swagged, draped, jewelled, and feathered.

As Europe continued to grow more prosperous, the urban middle classes, including skilled workers, began to wear more complex clothes that followed, at a distance, the fashions set by the elites. National variations in clothing seem on the whole to have increased over the century.

Events

Significant people

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

List of 15th century inventions


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