1410 War Middle Ages Lithuania
Battle of Grunwald
Poles and Lithuanians break the Teutonic Order and redraw the Baltic.
A shared history
European construction did not begin in 1950. This thread links the ancient inheritance, the Judeo-Christian matrix and the contemporary Union.
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Renaissance 11 events1415 Event Middle Ages Czechia
Jan Hus burned at the stake
Condemned at Constance, the Czech reformer becomes a national martyr and a forerunner of Luther.
1432 Event Renaissance and Reformations Belgium
The Ghent Altarpiece
In Ghent Van Eyck completes the altarpiece that inaugurates oil painting and the Northern Renaissance.
1443 War Middle Ages Albania
Skanderbeg’s revolt
Twenty-five years of resistance to the Ottomans make him a hero of Christendom.
1453 Event Middle Ages Greece
Fall of Constantinople
Byzantine scholars flee to Italy with their manuscripts, feeding the Renaissance directly.
1453 Event Middle Ages Türkiye
Capture of Constantinople
Mehmed II ends the Eastern Roman Empire; Europe’s commercial and intellectual horizon shifts.
1457 Figure Middle Ages Moldova
Reign of Stephen the Great
Forty-seven years of resistance to the Ottomans and of monastic foundations.
1463 War Middle Ages Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Four centuries of rule begin; a large share of the population converts to Islam.
1492 Event Renaissance and Reformations Spain
1492
The fall of Granada, the decree expelling the Jews, Columbus’s departure: three ruptures in a single year.
1498 Discovery Renaissance and Reformations Portugal
Vasco da Gama reaches India
The sea route to the spices opens; Europe’s economy shifts from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
1499 War Renaissance and Reformations Switzerland
Swabian War
The Confederation becomes de facto free of the Holy Roman Empire, formally recognised in 1648.
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Renaissance 1 event1506 Event Renaissance and Reformations Vatican City
Building of St Peter’s
Bramante, Michelangelo then Bernini build the largest Christian edifice in the world.