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The '''15th century''' was a time of great suffering and great discovery, especially for [[European]]s. Labeled "the [[Renaissance]]", it saw the ascension of several great [[Human]] scholars, as well as some decisive political and military events. Some of the key events were, in chronological order:
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[[File:BarbaraOneOutOfFocusTA.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor and Barbara in [[Tenochtitlan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'')]]
A [[katana]] [[sword]] dating from the '''[[15th century]]''' was among the artefacts abandoned by the departing inhabitants of the former [[Earth]] colony [[Jegg-Sau]] in the [[25th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Relics of Jegg-Sau (audio story)|The Relics of Jegg-Sau]]'')


*'''1415''': On [[25th October]], [[Wikipedia:Henry V of England|Henry V of England]] leads [[England]] in victory over [[France]] at [[Agincourt]]. [[The Doctor]] is present at the battle. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'', ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
The [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Barbara Wright]] visited the [[Aztec]] empire. Barbara, taken for the [[reincarnation]] of [[Yetaxa]], tried in vain to stop the Aztec practice of human sacrifice. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'')
*'''1430''': [[Aztec]] priest [[Yetaxa]] dies and is entombed in the city of [[Tenochtitlan]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'')
*'''1437''': [[All Souls College]] is founded at [[Oxford]]. [[Marcus Scarman]] held a fellowship there in the early [[20th century]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')
*'''1453''': The first [[Gutenberg Bible]]s are printed. [[Scaroth]] acquired several copies and sold them in [[1979]] to fund his [[time travel]] experiments. ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
*'''1454''': The [[First Doctor]], [[Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Barbara Wright]] visit the Aztec empire. Barbara, taken for the reincarnation of Yetaxa, tries in vain to stop the Aztec practice of human sacrifice. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'')
*'''1462''': [[Constantinople]] is renamed [[Istanbul]], although it will continue to be referred to by its earlier name in the West for centuries to come. It was probably sometime after Turkish control of the city began that [[the Doctor]], who also referred to the city as Constantinople, acquired a [[water pipe]] here, "cash and carry". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
*'''1475''': [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]] is born. [[The Doctor]] will visit Michelangelo at some point during his painting of the [[Sistine Chapel]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Managra]]'')
*[[Borgia|Cesare Borgia]] is born. It may have been while in his employ that Captain [[Scaroth|Tancredi]]'s henchman became so jaded that he would, as he told [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] in [[1505]], "believe anything." ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
*'''1480''': [[Johann Faust]] is born. A [[Reprise]] of Faust will be among the inhabitants of [[Europa]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Managra]]'')
*'''1485''': The nephews of King Richard III disappear. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]'')
*'''1487''': The [[Aztec]]s sacrifice 20,000 victims to [[Huitzilopochtli]] at their capital of [[Tenochtitlan]]. [[Huitzilin]] feeds upon the violent energies released by these sacrifices. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'')
*'''1489''': [[The Doctor]] visits [[China]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
*'''1491''': [[The Doctor]] has his first encounter with [[Torquemada]] in [[Toledo]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Managra]]'')
*'''1492''': The [[Mandragora Helix]] attempts to plunge Earth back into the Dark Ages, but is defeated by [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]]. Among young Duke [[Giuliano]]'s guests are Lorenzo de Medici, the Duke of Milan, the Doge of Venice, and Leonardo da Vinci. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'')
*[[Christopher Columbus]] embarks on his first voyage to the Americas. At some point in the explorer's life, [[the Doctor]] acquired his business card. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'')
*'''1493''': Columbus returns to [[Spain]] from his first voyage to the New World, confirming the conviction of [[Giuliano]] and others that the [[Earth]] is round. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'')
*'''1496''': Leonardo da Vinci makes an unsuccessful test flight of his flying machine. Both [[the Monk]] and [[Scaroth]] claim to have inspired da Vinci's design for the machine. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'', ''[[City of Death]]'')
*'''1498''': On [[16th September]], [[the Doctor]] is present during [[Torquemada]]'s death. ([[MA]]: ''[[Managra]]'')


==Decades==
By the 15th century, it was against [[Spain|Spanish]] custom to engage in the [[Slavery|slave trade]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Trouble in Paradise (audio story)|Trouble in Paradise]]'')
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*[[1410s]]
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*[[1440s]]
*[[1450s]]
*[[1460s]]
*[[1470s]]
*[[1480s]]
*[[1490s]]


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In the mid-15th century, the [[Scottish Border Wars]] were fought between [[Scotland]] and [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iris at the V&A (short story)|Iris at the V&A]]'')
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It was also among the centuries endured by [[Ashildr]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'') a [[9th century]]<ref>In ''The Woman Who Lived'', which is set in the year [[1651]], Ashildr mentions having had 800 years of adventure.</ref> [[Viking]] girl who was rendered effectively [[immortality|immortal]] when she was brought back to life by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] through a self-repairing [[Mire]] [[repair kit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'')
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== Footnotes ==
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Revision as of 00:36, 24 June 2024

Timeline
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Years of interest
The Doctor and Barbara in Tenochtitlan. (TV: The Aztecs)

A katana sword dating from the 15th century was among the artefacts abandoned by the departing inhabitants of the former Earth colony Jegg-Sau in the 25th century. (AUDIO: The Relics of Jegg-Sau)

The First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, and Barbara Wright visited the Aztec empire. Barbara, taken for the reincarnation of Yetaxa, tried in vain to stop the Aztec practice of human sacrifice. (TV: The Aztecs)

By the 15th century, it was against Spanish custom to engage in the slave trade. (AUDIO: Trouble in Paradise)

In the mid-15th century, the Scottish Border Wars were fought between Scotland and England. (PROSE: Iris at the V&A)

As with most centuries of the first two millennia, the 15th century was home to Jack Harkness, Amy Pond and an Auton duplicate of Rory Williams. A version of Jack from around the time of the deaths of Toshiko Sato and Owen Harper existed in this century, having been buried alive in the 1st century by his brother, Gray. He perpetually died and resurrected an unknown number of times in an earthen tomb underneath Cardiff. (TV: Exit Wounds) Meanwhile, a near-dead Amy Pond was kept alive inside the Pandorica, beginning in the 2nd century. An Auton version of Rory kept vigil near her the entire time. They both awaited a moment in the mid-1990s when a young Amelia Pond would touch the outside of the Pandorica and restore Amy to full health. (TV: The Big Bang)

It was substantially unclear whether the events of the subsequent Big Bang Two erased Amy and Rory's presence in the 15th century. This ambiguity was caused, in part, because the non-Auton, married Rory Williams claimed to have remembered being "made of plastic" at his wedding reception, suggesting that, at least inasmuch as he was concerned, he and Amy were present in the 15th century. (TV: The Big Bang) Amy seemed to also remember those events, and displayed a fondness for the Auton Rory both during her honeymoon (TV: A Christmas Carol) and during a kind of lullaby to her newborn child Melody Pond. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

It was also among the centuries endured by Ashildr, (TV: The Woman Who Lived) a 9th century[1] Viking girl who was rendered effectively immortal when she was brought back to life by the Twelfth Doctor through a self-repairing Mire repair kit. (TV: The Girl Who Died)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ In The Woman Who Lived, which is set in the year 1651, Ashildr mentions having had 800 years of adventure.
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