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*'''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]]'')
*'''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]]'')
*'''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]]'')
*'''1471''': An [[English]]man named [[One-Armed Clarrie]] — according only to himself — fought off twenty [[Lancaster|Lancastrian]]s with a spoon in the [[Battle of Tweksbury]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Kingmaker]]'')
*'''1478''': After being convicted of treason, George Duke of Clarence worked in The Kingmaker tavern. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]'')
*'''1478''': After being convicted of treason, George Duke of Clarence worked in The Kingmaker tavern. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]'')
*'''1485''': The nephews of King Richard III disappear. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]'')
*'''1485''': The nephews of King Richard III disappear. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]'')

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Years of interest

The 15th century was a time of great suffering and great discovery, especially for Europeans. 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:

Decades