History
 

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World

General

Population: 421 Million*
  • Religion: Death of Pope Nicholas V - Calixtus III (Alonso de Borgia) Pope (First Spanish Pope)
  • Science: Halley's Comet
  • Technology: Printing press invented, beginning of Bible printing era in Europe
  • Deaths: Artist Fra Angelico, Pope Nicholas V, Artist Lorenzo Ghiberti,

Africa

  • Venetian navigator Cadamosto explores Senegal river - discovers Cape Verde Islands and explores West Africa to 1457
    Europeans reach mouth of Gambia river

Americas

  • Huge temple built to Aztec war god Huitzilopochtli in Tenochtitlan

Europe

  • England: Duke of York – excluded from Council – defeats royal forces at St. Albans and becomes again "Protector" – start War of the Roses – Lancaster (red) vs. York (white)
    Regent Richard deposed as Henry VI recovers from insanity – Richard replaced by Duke of Somerset (Lancastrian) and excluded from Royal Council – Battle of St. Albans – Somerset defeated and killed
  • Italian States: Erection of Palazzo Venezia in Rome
  • Low Countries: First European printing shop at Mainz
  • Scotland: James II of Scotland defeats Black Douglas family of nobles at Arkinholm



 
 
 
 
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