1400–1499(A.D.)World History The Duomo in Florence Linda J. Barnes Joan of Arc (1412–1431) 1407 Casa di San Giorgio, one of the first public banks, founded in Genoa. 1415 Henry V defeats French at Agincourt. Jan Hus, Bohemian preacher and follower of Wycliffe, burned at stake in Constance as heretic. 1418–1460 Portugal's Prince Henry the Navigatorsponsors exploration of Africa's coast. 1420 Brunelleschi begins work on the Duomo in Florence. 1428 Joan of Arcleads French against English, captured by Burgundians(1430)and turned over to the English, burned at the stake as a witch after ecclesiastical trial(1431). 1438 Incasrule in Peru. 1450 Florence becomes center of Renaissance arts and learning under the Medicis. 1453 Turks conquer Constantinople, end of the Byzantine empire, beginning of the Ottoman empire. 1455 The Wars of the Roses, civil wars between rival noble factions, begin in England (to1485). Having invented printing with movable type at Mainz, Germany, Johann Gutenberg completes first Bible. 1462 Ivan the Great rules Russia until1505as first czar; ends payment of tribute to Mongols. 1492 Moors conquered in Spain by troops of Ferdinand and Isabella. Columbusbecomes first European to encounter Caribbean islands, returns to Spain(1493).Second voyage to Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico(1493–1496).Third voyage to Orinoco(1498).Fourth voyage to Honduras and Panama(1502–1504). 1497 Vasco da Gama sails around Africa and discovers sea route to India(1498).Establishes Portuguese colony in India(1502).John Cabot, employed by England, reaches and explores Canadian coast. Michelangelo'sBacchussculpture.