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| 1400 |
| | | The Welsh rise against the English and proclaim Owain Glyn Dwr as their own prince of Wales | |
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| 1408 |
| | | Driven from Aberystwyth and Harlech, Owain Glyn Dwr loses support - and the last Welsh rebellion fades away | |
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| 1420 |
| | | The Hussites build a new fortified town at Tabor as their fortress headquarters | |
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| c. 1422 |
| | | Jan Zizka wins a series of victories against papal armies, using the mobile barricade which becomes known as his 'war wagon fortress' | |
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| 1480 |
| | | Ivan III, grand prince of Russia, becomes the first to deny the Mongols of the Golden Horde their annual tribute of tax | |
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| 1487 |
| | | Lambert Simnel, supposedly a nephew of Edward IV, is crowned in Dublin - but ends up working in the royal kitchens of Henry VII | |
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| 1491 |
| | | The king of France is among those supporting Perkin Warbeck, supposedly a prince from the Tower, in his attempt on the English throne | |
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| 1499 |
| | | After three feeble attempts to invade England, Perkin Warbeck is captured by Henry VII (in 1497) and is hanged at Tyburn | |
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| 1517 |
| | | Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg | |
|  | Woodcut portrait of Martin Luther
National Archives, Kew
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| 1520 |
| | | Luther's writings are burnt in Rome by order of the pope | |
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