5&0 CHRONOLOGY. [After Christ. 
1376 John Froifiart, Flemilh liiftorian; died 1400. . 
1377 The popes return from Avignon to Rome, Jan. 17. 
3378 The fchifm of double popes, which continues thirty- 
eight years, till the council of Conftance. 
3381 Wat Tyler’s infurreftion, in the beginning of July. 
3 382 Battle of Rofebeck in Flanders, between the French 
and Flemifh. 
7384. Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, Succeeds to the 
earldom of Flanders. Michael de la Pole, earl of 
Suffolk; died 1388. 
1388 Battle of Otferburn, July 31, between Hotfpur and 
the earl of Douglas. William of Wickham, biihop 
ofWinchefter; died 1426. 
3392 Emanuel Chryfoloras, of Conllantinople, preceptor 
in Greek to Leonard Aretin, fecretary of Florence. 
Henry-Jlercy, furnamed Hotfpur, lived. 
1395 Sigifmund king of Hungary, defeated at Nicopolis, 
by-Bajazet I. September 28. 
1396 Geoffrey Chaucer, of Woodftock, the. Englifh poet; 
died 1440. 
3401 Of the Julian period 6114. 
1401 Naples and Sicily united under Ladiflaus. 
1402 The battle of Angoria, where Bajazet is taken pri- 
foner, on Friday, July 28. The battle of Halidown- 
hill. May 7. 
3403 The battle of Shrewfbury, July 22, in which Hot¬ 
fpur is killed. 
3405 A confpiracy of the archbifhop of York, the,earl of 
Northumberland, and others, againft king Henry, 
which is loon fuppreffed. 
3409 The council of-Pifa begins March 22. 
1411 Edmund Mortimer, earl of March ; and lord chan¬ 
cellor Beaufort, duke of Exeter. John Hufs, and 
Jerome of Prague, all flourished at this time. 
1414 The council of Conftance begins November 16, in 
•which two popes voluntarily fubmitted to depofition. 
1415 The battle of Agincourt, October 25, Thomas 
duke of Clarence; died 1421. 
1416 Amadeus VIII. created duke of Savoy, by Sigifmund 
emperor of Germany. 
1417 Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway united under 
Edric IX. in the 6th year of his reign over Demnai k. 
3420 The treaty of Troyes Signed May 21. The iflandof 
" Madeira discovered by the Portuguefe. 
1421 The battle of Beauge, April 3, where the duke ef 
Clarence is killed. Earl of Buchan, conftable of 
France; died 1424. 
1423 Battle of Crevant, gained by the earl qf Salilbury, 
in June. 
1424 Battle of Verneuil, gained by the duke of Bedford, 
Auguft 16. 
3428 The liege of Orleans, the firft blow to the Englifh 
power in France, begun Oftober 12, and continued 
to May 12. 
3429 The battle of Herrings, February 12. Battle of Pa- 
tay, gained by Richmont. 
1434 Cofmo de Medici recalled from banifhment, which 
was the. rife of that family in Florence. 
3435 The treaty of Arras, between Charles VII. and the 
duke of Burgundy, September 22. 
1436 Paris retaken by the French, on Friday, April 13. 
John Talbot, earl of Shrewfbury; died 1453. 
1437 Ulugh Beigh, emperor of Samarcand, author of the 
Perfian aftronomical tables; murdered by his fOn, 
in 1445, aged fifty-feven. 
1439 Tim famous pragmatic Sanction fettled in France. 
1440 The art of printing discovered at Mentz, and was 
gradually improving for twenty-two years, by John 
Guttemberg, John Fauftus, and Peter Schoeifer. 
1441 Francis Sforza duke of Milan, William de la Pole 
duke of Suffolk, and John Corvino Huniades, lived. 
j'444 Battle of Varnes, gained by the Turks over La¬ 
diflaus king of Hungary, November 10. 
.2446 The fea breaks in at Dort, and drowns 100,000 
people, April 17. 
1447 The Vifconti family ends in Milan, and the Sforzas. 
Succeed. 
1450 Battle of Fourmigni, by which Richmont recovers 
Normandy to the French, April 18. 
1433 Conllantinople taken by the Turks, May 29. C>n- 
ftantine Poligodas, laft of the eaftern emperors. The 
Englifh government ends in France with the battle 
of Caftillon, July 7. 
3454 Thomas a.Kempis; died 1471. 
1455 .The battle of St. Albans, May 33. 
1456 Richard Nevil earl of Warwick, furnamed the king 
maker; died 1471. 
1460 Battle of Northampton, February 19. Battle of 
Wakefield, December 31. 
1461 The battle of Towton, March 29. Regiomontanus, 
died 1476, aged forty. 
1462 The firft book printed, which was the vulgate bible, 
in.two volumes. 
1464 The league againft Louis XI. called la guerre du 
bien public. Edward duke of Somerfet; died 1471. 
Rodencus Agricola; died 1485, aged 43. 
1466 The Second book printed, which was Cicero deofficiis. 
1467 Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy; died 1478, 
aged forty-fix. 
1469 Battle of Banbury, July 26. Battle of Stamford in 
the beginning of March. Henry VI. rellored O6I0- 
ber 6, and, continues till April n. 
1471 Battle of Barnet on Eafter day, April 14. The 
battle of Tewklbury, May 4. 
1473 Tiie ftudy of the Greek language brought into 
France, by Tiphernas. 
1475 The conftable, de St. Paul, beheaded in the Greve 
at Paris, December 19. 
1476 Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, defeated by 
the Swifs, at Granfon and Morat, the firft on April 
5, and the Second on June 20. 
i4’7 A third defeat of the duke of Burgundy, where lie 
is killed, at Nancy, January 3. 
1478 Laurence de Medici expelled Florence, and an ana¬ 
thema againft him, by Sixtus IV. which greatly dif- 
trefled learning. Kingdoms of Caftile and Arra- 
gon, in Spain, united under Ferdinand V. king of 
Caftile. 
1481 Savonarola of Ferara, a friar ; died 1598, aged 46. 
Laurence de Medici; died 1492, aged 44. 
1482 J. Picus, ofMirandola; died 149, aged thirty-feven. 
Philip de Commines, French miniiter; died 1539. 
1483 Anne of Beaujeu, French regent; died 1 522. 
1485 The battle of Bofworth, Auguft 22. Thomas lord ■ 
Stanley. 
1488 The.battle of St. Aubin, where the duke of Orleans 
is taken prifoner by Anne of- Beaujeu, June 28. . 
Lewis de la Tremouille ; died 1525. 
1491 William Grocyn introduces the ftudy of the Greek 
language into England. Lewis Sfor$a, furnamed 
the Moor; died 1510. 
1492 Bretagne reunited to France. America difcovered 
by Columbus. 
1493 Capnio introduced the Hebrew and Greek language 
into Germany. 
1494 Charles VIII. of France takes the city of Naples-. 
Poyning’s a<5l pafles in Ireland. 
1495 Battle of Fornova, in Italy, between Charles VIII. 
and the Venetians, &c. July 6. Csefar Borgia 5 
died 1507. 
1496 John Colet, dean of St. Paul’s, and founder of the 
School. 
1497 The Portuguefe firft fail to the Eaft Indies. Vaf- 
quez di Gama. 
1498 Alexander ab Alexandra; 1521, aged 50. Arnfe- 
ricus Vefputius ; died 1508. 
1499 Louis XII. takes pofleflion of the Milanefe, by a 
conquell of twenty days, in July, and makes his 
entry in Milan, Odlober 6. Dr. Thomas Lynacre 
died 1524. 
1500 Maximilian 
