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 • Portuguese sailors reach Mina de Ouro on the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana) and explore Cape St. Catherine, two degrees south of the equator. Mina de Ouro becomes the chief center for the gold trade and a major source of revenue for the crown. |
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 • John, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden is deposed from the Swedish throne. |
1519
Age: 66y
| 1519 • Erasmus publishes his Colloquies. |