CHRONOLOGY. 



441 



Chronolo- 

 gy- 



A.D. 



England, crowned king of France. Geo. Tra- 

 pezuntius, ob. 1485, zt. 90. 



1432. A comet appeared. 



1433. A very large comet appeared for three months. 



G. Gemistius Pletho, ob. 14-90, xt. 100. 



1434. A civil war in Sweden. Cosmo de Medici recal- 



led from exile. A comet appeared. 



1435. The treaty of Arras between Charles II. and the 



duke of Burgudy. A comet appeared. 



1436. Paris retaken by the French, April 13th. Lau- 



rentius Valla, ob. 1465, xt. 50. 



1437. An expedition of the Portuguese into Africa. 



Hungary invaded by the Turks. Ulugh Beigh 

 observed the obliquity of the ecliptic to be 23 

 30 7 17", ob. 1449, set. 57. 



1438. A shower of meteoric stones fell at Kou, near 



Burgos in Spain. 



14-39. The Greek and Latin churches united. The 

 Pragmatic sanction settled in France. A comet 

 appeared in the east, with its tail turned to the 

 south. 



1440. The art of printing invented at Mentz. John 



Guttemberg, ob. after 1460. 



1441. Siege of Pontoise. John Faustus, ob. about 1466. 



1442. The Turks invade Hungary. Peter Schaeffer, ob. 



after 1479. 



1444. Battle of Varnes gained by the Turks. Famine 



in Sweden. A comet appeared in Leo. Truce 

 between France and England at Tours, June 1st. 

 Wesselus, ob. 1489, xt. 70. 



1445. A comet appeared. 



1446. Inundation at Dort, April 17th, which drowns 



100,000 persons. Frederick declares war against 

 the Swiss. 



1447. The Turks defeated by Scanderbeg in 22 battles, 



during several years. 



1448. The house of Oldenburgh begins to reign in 



Denmark, in the person of Christiern I. The 

 English defeated by the Scotch at Sark. The 

 crowns of Sweden and Denmark disunited. 

 Contests between the houses of York and Lan- 

 caster. The Vatican founded at Rome. 



1449. War between England and France. Ulugh Beigh 



killed by his sons. G. Purbachius.ob. 1 162, act. 87. 

 1 150. University of Glasgow founded by BishopTurnbull. 

 Delft ware invented at Florence. A very large 

 comet appeared in summer, which eclipsed the 

 moon, and moved from east to west. The bat- 

 tle of Fourmigni, April 18. 



1451. The English evacuate Rouen. War between 



Denmark and Sweden. ./Eneas Sylvius Pius 

 II. ob. 1464. 



1452. Cardinal Bessarion, ob. 1472, xt. 77. 



1453. The Turks take Constantinople, May 29th. The 



battle of Castillon terminates the English go- 

 vernment in France, July 7. 



1454. A conspiracy against the pope in Rome. The 



Prussians and Poles wage war for twelve years 

 against the Teutonic knights. Thomas a Kern- 

 pis, ob. 1471. Two comets appear. 



1455. The battle of St Alban's, May 31st. 



1456. A great earthquake at Naples. The Turks re- 



pulsed at the siege of Belgrade. A large co- 

 met appears ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 814. 



1457. Glass first manufactured in England. A comet 



appears in June in the 20th degree of Pisces. 

 Joannes Argyropulus, ob. 1480, act. 70. 



VOL. VI. PART II. 



A. D. 



1458. Corinth iaken bf the Turks. A sedition in Chron 



England. A comet appears in July below Tau- ,_ g /'_ 

 rus. 



1459. Alphonso's first expedition into Africa. 



1460. Battle of Northampton, July 19th. A large co- 



met appears. Battle of Wakefield Dec. 31. 

 Alum mines discovered in Italy. Wood cuts 

 invented. 



1461. A comet appeared. King Edward defeats king 



Henry at Towton, March 29th. Regiomon- 

 tanus, ob. 1476. xt. 60. 



1462. An expedition of the Turks into Wallachia. The 



first book printed, viz. the Vulgate Bible in 2 

 vols. Baptista Platina, ob. 1481, xt. 60. 



1463. A comet appears. The plague rages in Saxony 



and Thuringia. War between the Venetian* 

 and Turks. Alphonso's second expedition into 

 Africa. 



1464. League against Louis XI. of France. Rodolph 



Agricola, ob. 1485, ct. 43. 



1466. The second printed book, viz. Cicero de Officiis. 



1467. Sheep first sent to Spain from England. A co- 



met appears above the Fishes. 



1468. Two comets appear, one of which is seen 15 



days in the north, and the other 15 days in the 

 west. Warwick's conspiracy against Edward. 

 . Jos. Jovianus Pontanus, ob. 1503, ast. 70. 



1469. Battle of Banbury, July 26th. Order of St Mi- 



chael instituted in France. 



1470. A comet appears on the 13th January. Battle of 



Stamford, March 14. King Edward attainted. 

 King Henry VJ. restored. Casts in plaster in- 

 vented by Verochio. 



1471. A comet appears in autumn. Battle of Barnet, 



April 14. Edward restored. The battle of 

 Tewksbury, May 4th. Marsilius Ficinus, ob. 

 1499, xt. 56. 



1472. War between the Turks and Parthians. A comet 



appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 814. John 

 Lascaris, ob. 1513, act. 90. 



1473. Tiphernas introduced into France the study of the 



Greek language. A comet appears in Cancer. 



1474. The Portuguese discover the Cape de Verde islands. 



Annius of Viterbo, ob. 1492. 



1475. Constable de St Paul beheaded. The treaty of 



Amiens, Aug. 29. Poland and Hungary in- 

 fested with locusts. A comet appears in Li- 

 bra. 



1476. A comet appears in June. Ferdinand of Castile 



defeats the king of Portugal. George Mcrula, 

 ob. 149k 



1477- Watches made at Nuremberg. Duke of Burgun- 

 dy defeated and killed at Nancy. A comet ap- 

 pears in January. 



1478. Laurence de Medici banished from Florence. 



Peace between France and Castile, Nov. 9. 

 Waltherus observed the vernal equinox in March 

 11. 8" 15'. 



1479. University of Upsal founded. Union of the king- 



doms of Castile and Arragon. 



1480. Rhodes besieged by the Turks. 



1481. A great famine in France. Savonarola, ob. 1498, 



act. 46. 



1482. The Portuguese discover the coast of Guinea. Jo. 



Picus, of Mirandola, ob. 1494, set. 37. 



1483. A conspiracy in England. Post horses and sta- 



ges established. 



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