WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 15. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the first half of the 15. century

Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. (1. January 1438)

Joan of Arc is defeated by Bishop Pierre Cauchon. (3. January 1431)

Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras. (6. January 1449)

Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. (9. January 1431)

Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV. (13. January 1435)

The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy. (16. January 1412)

Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. (19. January 1419)

The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV. (24. January 1438)

The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). (1. February 1411)

English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and Sir John Stewart of Darnley in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings). (12. February 1429)

Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia. (17. February 1411)

The Prussian Confederation is formed. (21. February 1440)

Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë. (2. March 1444)

Albert II of Habsburg became Holy Roman Emperor. (18. March 1438)

Henry V becomes King of England. (21. March 1413)

Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. (24. March 1401)

The Council of Pisa opens. (25. March 1409)

The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures the Byzantine city of Thessalonica. (29. March 1430)

Henry V is crowned King of England. (9. April 1413)

Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark. (9. April 1440)

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