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
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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 • Pope Sixtus IV succeeds Pope Paul II as the 212th pope. |
about
Age: 22y
1475
Age: 22y
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birth of childWilliam Leighton The date is an estimate. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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. |
1495
Age: 42y
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occupationSheriff of Shropshire. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1495 • King Manuel I of Portugal begins his reign. |
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 • Italic type (cut by Francesco Griffo) is first used by Aldus Manutius at the Aldine Press in Venice, in an edition of Virgil. |
1519
Age: 66y
| 1519 • Charles I of Spain becomes Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (rules until 1556). |