1438
| 1438 • Just two years after the Ming Dynasty court of China allowed landowners paying the grain tax to pay their tax in silver instead, the Ming court now decides to close all silver mines and to ban all private silver mining in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. This is a concerted effort to halt the increase of silver circulating into the market. Illegally mining silver is now an offense punishable by death; although illegal mining became a dangerous affair, the high demand for illegal mining also made it very lucrative, and so many chose to defy the government and continued to mine silver. |
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Age: 22y
1460
Age: 22y
birth of childJean De Lannoy IV 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1460 • King Christian I of Denmark issues the Treaty of Ribe, enabling himself to become Count of Holstein and regain control of Denmark's lost Duchy of Schleswig. |
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Age: 28y
1466
Age: 28y
marriageJean De Lannoy III 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1466 • Collapse of the Kingdom of Georgia into anarchy and its subsequent fragmentation into rival states of Kartli, Kakheti, Imereti, Samtskhe-Saatabago and a number of principalities, which is finalised in 1490 when Constantine II of Georgia has to recognize his rival monarchies. |
1490
Age: 52y
| 1490 • Aldus Manutius moves to Venice. |