15TH CENTURY

15th century[edit]

Year	Date	Event
1415	13 August	Hundred Years' War (1415-1429): An English army under King Henry V landed in the north of France.
1415	25 October	Battle of Agincourt: A major loss to the French in the Hundred Years' War (1415-1429)[1]
1418	30 May	The army of John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, captured Paris. The dauphin, the future Charles VII, fled.
1419	20 September	John the Fearless was assassinated by companions of the dauphin. He was succeeded by his son Philip the Good, who would ally himself with the English against the French crown.
1420	21 May	The Burgundians compelled Charles VI to sign the Treaty of Troyes, under which the throne was to pass to Henry V.
1422	31 August	Henry V died. He was succeeded as King of England by his infant son Henry VI.
	21 October	Charles VI died. He was succeeded by his son Charles VII as king of France, a title disputed for Henry VI of England.
1453	17 July	Battle of Castillon: In what is considered the last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French inflict a decisive victory on the English army, eventually gaining back all English-held territories of France.
1461	22 July	Charles VII died. He was succeeded by his son Louis XI.
1483	30 August	Louis XI died. He was succeeded by his son Charles VIII.
1498	7 April	Charles VIII died. With no heir, he was succeeded by his father's second cousin, the Duke of Orléans, LouisXII.