1453
| 1453 • Partial lunar eclipse. |
1471
Age: 18y
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propertyWattlesborough, Shropshire, England ⇓ Wattlesborough Castle was given to the Leighton family in 1471. It was kept by them until 1711. The picture is of Wattlesborough Tower. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1471 • King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the Moroccan town of Arzila. |
about
Age: 22y
1475
Age: 22y
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birth of childWilliam Leighton The date is an estimate. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1475 • Battle of Vaslui: Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire, which is led at this time by Mehmed the Conqueror of Constantinople. |
1495
Age: 42y
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occupationSheriff of Shropshire. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1495 • Henry VII of England commissions the world's first dry dock at Portsmouth. |
1501
Age: 48y
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PartitionIn 1501 a partition was made of the estates of Sir John Burgh and his wife Jane Clopton between their four coheirs, including Thomas Leighton, the son of John Leighton and Ankaret his wife, mother of the daughters who had also predeccased him. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1501 • Battle of the Siritsa River: The Livonian Order, supporting the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War and commanded by Wolter von Plettenberg, defeats an army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Pskov Republic. |
1519
Age: 66y
| 1519 • Charles I of Spain becomes Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (rules until 1556). |