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| 1408 |
| | | With the end of the threat from Wales, the Prince of Wales becomes more directly involved in government, leading to frequent clashes with his ailing father | |
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| 1414 |
| | | A council is called at Constance, to consider the radical views of John Huss and to deal with the present excess of popes | |
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| 1420 |
| | | The Hussites build a new fortified town at Tabor as their fortress headquarters | |
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| 1421 |
| | | The third Ming emperor moves the capital from Nanjing to Beijing and begins laying out the Forbidden City | |
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| c. 1425 |
| | | The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is built for the third emperor of the Ming dynasty | |
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| 1438 |
| | | The French clergy pass a resolution at Bourges, limiting the power of the papacy within France, which is adopted by the king as a 'pragmatic sanction' | |
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| c. 1440 |
| | | Cuzco, city of the Incas, grows rapidly in power after Pachacuti ('transformer of the earth') becomes emperor | |
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| c. 1450 |
| | | A warrior king, Ewuare, establishes the forest kingdom of Benin | |
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| c. 1450 |
| | | Christian boys, trained as slaves in the personal service of the Turkish sultan, acquire considerable power as the elite corps of janissaries | |
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| 1458 |
| | | Matthias Corvinus begins a long reign which brings Moravia, Silesia and much of Austria within the Hungarian kingdom | |
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