-
Black Death ravages Europe for the first time.
-
-
Joan of Arc leads French to break English siege of Orleans.
-
-
Wars of the Roses
-
-
Lorenzo de Medici “The Magnificent”, takes power in Florence; his rule is considered the high point of the Florentine Renaissance.
-
-
Leonardo paints "The Mona Lisa"
-
-
Henry VIII succeeds to power in England.
-
-
-
-
Mary Tudor becomes queen of england
-
-
Elizabeth I succeeds to the throne in England: start of the English “Golden Age”.
-
-
Shakespeare writes Hamlet.
-
-
The Civil War begins
-