15th century

The years 1401-1500 AD. This century marked the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Age of Discovery.

Events

 * 1378–1415: Western Schism
 * 1429: Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans and turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
 * The Assyrian Church of the East decrees that the title of Patriarch could pass only to relatives of then-patriarch Mar Shimun IV. This decree leads to a schism in the next century.
 * 1453: The Fall of Constantinople marks the end of the Byzantine Empire.
 * Portuguese missionaries, who reached the Malabar Coast if India.
 * 1481: Spanish Inquisition begins.
 * 1492: The last Moorish (Islamic) kingdom in Iberia, Grenada, is defeated by Spain. Alhambra decree expells all Jews from Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism. Christoper Columbus discovers the Americas while seeking a passage to India.

Timeline
14th Century | 15th century | 16th century