1453
1453 • The Hundred Years' War comes to a close with the French recapture of Bordeaux, leaving the English retaining only Calais on French soil. |
1471
Age: 18y
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 • Pope Sixtus IV succeeds Pope Paul II as the 212th pope. |
about
Age: 22y
1475
Age: 22y
birth of childWilliam Leighton The date is an estimate. 1 Source ⇓ |
1475 • The original Landshut Wedding takes place, between George, Duke of Bavaria, and Hedwig Jagiellon. |
1495
Age: 42y
occupationSheriff of Shropshire. 1 Source ⇓ |
1495 • Battle of Seminara: Córdoba and Ferdinand are defeated by a French army under Bernard Stewart, Lord of Aubigny. |
1501
Age: 48y
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 • Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese navigator, makes the first documented European landing in North America since c. 1000 A.D. |
1519
Age: 66y
1519 • Erasmus publishes his Colloquies. |