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 Bossche Broek as a defensive landscape

16de eeuw

Brabantse gotiek in 's-Hertogenbosch

1380-1530

Membership of the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Lady

1486-1487

The Protestant Reformation

1517-10-31

Hanseatic League Standardizes Maritime Trade

around 1350

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

Magellan and Elcano complete the first circumnavigation of the world

1519-1522

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

1300–1642

The Garden of Earthly Delights painted

rond 1490-1500

Birth of Jheronimus van Aken

rond 1450

Marriage to Aleyt Goyaerts van den Meerveen

rond 1480-1481

Death of Jheronimus Bosch

augustus 1516