1456
| 1456 • The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden and Prussia). |
1475
Age: 19y
birth of childJohn Shelton Shelton, Norfolk, England ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1475 • Burgundian Wars: Battle on the Planta: Forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious against those of the Duchy of Savoy near Sion, Switzerland. |
1500
Jan 16
Age: 44y
| 1500 • Diogo Dias discovers an island which he names St Lawrence (after the saint's day on which it was first sighted), later to be known as Madagascar |