Category Archives: 15th Century

Historical Facts from 1401 to 1500 CE

October 26, 1407

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Joel Byers

On October 26, 1407 after being riled up by one of the earliest forms of Q-Anon, Polish mobs attacked the Jewish community of Krakow. Their little peasant brains had been told that the Jewish people were sneaking around at… Continue reading →

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July 24, 1487

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 24, 1487, the citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands proved to the world that they had their priorities right. Prior to July 24, the aldermen of Leeuwarden had banned the sale of any beer not brewed in Leeuwarden, which… Continue reading →

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July 16, 1439

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 16, 1439, the Plague was ravaging through England and its young king, Henry VI was desperate to stop its deadly advance. So what did the 18-year old king do? He banned kissing. If people didn’t get close enough to kiss… Continue reading →

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March 9, 1497

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Joel Byers

On March 9, 1497 Nicholas Copernicus made the first recorded astronomical observation. Without the use of a telescope, he wrote that he saw the Moon eclipse the brightest star in the eye of the Taurus constellation. The next day he continued his heavenly body observations when he wrote that he noticed that the young widow … Continue reading →

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November 30, 1487

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Joel Byers

On November 30, 1487, Germany enacted the first German Beer Purity Law in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria. He stated that beer should be brewed only from water, malt and hops. This prove so popular that in the 1930s and 1940s, Germany tried to enact human purity laws, which did not prove as … Continue reading →

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July 7, 1456

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 7, 1456, Joan of Arc’s heresy verdict was thrown out 25 years after her death. It turns out that just because she was a woman who was able to beat the English in military combat, it did not mean that she was a witch or in league with the devil. When a spiritualist … Continue reading →

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June 17, 1462

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 17, 1462, Vlad Dracula, also known as the Impaler, attacked and tried to assassinate the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed the Conqueror. He failed and retreated from his country of Wallachia to Hungary, where Matthias Corvinus, the Hungarian king had him imprisoned. Contrary to popular opinion, Vlad was not a vampire at the time and … Continue reading →

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May 21, 1471

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Joel Byers

On May 21, 1471, King Henry VI was killed in the Tower of London. His cousin Edward IV became his successor. With all the kings, princes, queens, princesses, and other nobility killed in the Tower of London, you’d think that England’s insurance companies would require the place to have a written warning at all entrances. … Continue reading →

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March 15, 1493

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Joel Byers

On March 15, 1493, Columbus returned to Spain after his first voyage to the New World. When he met with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, they eagerly asked if he had brought them gold and spices, like the explorers who went East toward Asia. Columbus said no, but he did get them personalized keychains for … Continue reading →

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February 18, 1478

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Joel Byers

On February 18, 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence,  House of York was executed by his older brother and King of England, Edward IV, for treason. His manner of death? It is rumored that  he was drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine. This was a very ‘Game of Thrones’ death. How did a once … Continue reading →

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