Meanwhile…

Cuijk incorporated into the Duchy of Brabant

15th century AD

Expansion of the Inca Empire

1438-1533

Timur defeats the Ottomans at Ankara

1402

The fall of Constantinople and the rise of the Ottoman Empire

1453

The Onin War and the beginning of the Sengoku period

1467-1477

The Great Western Schism Divides the Catholic Church

1378-1417

Brabantse gotiek in 's-Hertogenbosch

1380-1530

Hanseatic League Standardizes Maritime Trade

around 1350

Zheng He's great voyages of discovery

1405-1433

Columbus crosses the Atlantic Ocean

1492-10-12

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

ca. 1450 – 1700

Invention of the Printing Press

around 1440

West African drumming and communal dance traditions

around 1300 AD

Renaissance townhouses and palaces

ca. 1450 n.Chr.

hieronymus bosch active in the city

rond 1488

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden