15th century
Late medieval period
The 15th century spans the years 1401 to 1500.
In Western history, it marks the transition from the medieval period to the early modern era—the age of the printing press, European exploration of the Americas, and the Italian Renaissance.
Fifteenth-century art, a 15th-century manuscript.
- early modernPremature yet up-to-date
- HumanismMovement centering individual worth
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- Wars of the RosesPlantagenet succession conflict
late medieval · Hundred Years' War · Ottoman Empire · Italy · Leonardo da Vinci · court intrigue · merchant class · Vasco da Gama · Florence · Christopher Columbus · Joan of Arc · fall of Constantinople · Reformation · Johannes Gutenberg · movable type · Great Schism · Sandro Botticelli · Richard III
- time periodsday, year, month, week, hour
- Shakespeare historiesHenry V, Richard II, Richard III, King John, Henry VIII
15th century21st century
Years 2001 to 2100
modern era · 20th century · today · digital age · contemporary times
15th centuryantiquity
Great age, ancient era
ancient times · prehistoric era · classical era · Bronze Age · Iron Age