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Middle Ages – Lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and is variously demarcated by historians as ending with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, or the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492, merging into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery .
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Middle Ages: Middle Ages – periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era.
In Europe, the 15th century includes parts of the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the early modern period. Many technological, social and cultural developments of the 15th century can in retrospect be seen as heralding the " European miracle " of the following centuries.
1434. January 7 – Adolf, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1441) March 12 – William III, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 1480) March 19 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese ...
In European history, "post-classical" is synonymous with the medieval time or Middle Ages, the period of history from around the 5th century to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery .
Year 1434 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events. January–December. April 14 – The ...
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Douglas and Bothwell (c. 1330 – c. 24 December 1400), called Archibald the Grim or Black Archibald, was a late medieval Scottish nobleman. Archibald was the illegitimate son of Sir James "the Black" Douglas, Robert the Bruce's trusted lieutenant, and an unknown mother.
1434) October 27 – Margery Jourdemayne, Englishwoman executed for treasonable witchcraft; November 18 – Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer [45] December 26 – Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (b. 1383) 1442. August 29 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)