Meanwhile…

End of the maritime expeditions and the isolationist sea policy

circa 1436

Ivan III unites the Russian lands

1480

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 Bossche Broek as a defensive landscape

16de eeuw

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

Haka as Ceremonial and Martial Practice in Pre-European Māori Society

1300–1642

hieronymus bosch active in the city

rond 1488

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden