1450s
Pre-Columbus printing era
The 1450s refers to the decade spanning 1450 to 1459.
Like other decade terms, it groups years for historical discussion: The printing press emerged in the 1450s.
The format applies to any century—1850s, 1950s—always indicating a ten-year span within that century.
Printing press inventor's name
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- astrolabeAncient altitude-measuring instrument
- caravelSmall Portuguese exploration ship
compass · quadrant · cartography · navigation · hourglass · papermaking · metallurgy · gunpowder
Tuscan capital city
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
Botticelli · classicism · neoplatonism · Petrarch · Vatican · vernacular · secularism · perspective
Small Portuguese exploration ship
- voyageJourney by sea
- maritimeOf the sea
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
navigation · cartography · Atlantic · coastline · Azores · discovery · sailing · merchant
English dynastic faction member
- YorkistHouse of York supporter
- dynasticOf successive rulers
- successionFollowing in order
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
crusade · papal · coronation · treaty · alliance · reconquest · schism · interregnum
French winemaking region
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- VenetianOf or from Venice
- sultanateSultan-ruled state
- khanateRuler's territorial domain
duchy · principality · realm · dominion · sovereignty
Gutenberg
Printing press inventor's name
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- astrolabeAncient altitude-measuring instrument
caravel · compass · quadrant · cartography · navigation · hourglass · papermaking · metallurgy · gunpowder · bombard
Florence
Tuscan capital city
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
frescoes · Botticelli · classicism · neoplatonism · Petrarch · Vatican · vernacular · secularism · perspective · chiaroscuro
caravel
Small Portuguese exploration ship
expedition · navigation · cartography · Atlantic · coastline · Azores · discovery · sailing · merchant · galley
Lancastrian
English dynastic faction member
- YorkistHouse of York supporter
- dynasticOf successive rulers
- successionFollowing in order
siege · crusade · papal · coronation · treaty · alliance · reconquest · schism · interregnum
Burgundy
French winemaking region
khanate · duchy · principality · realm · dominion · sovereignty
1450s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
the present · 21st century · modern era · distant future · contemporary times
1450sDigital Age
Post-internet historical period
Industrial Revolution · modern era · 21st century · computer age · nuclear age