15th century

The 15th century was defined by the calendar of Earth as occurring from the year 1401 through the year 1500.

Events

 * 1473: On February 19, Nicolaus Copernicus is born in Toruń, Poland.


 * 1478: The Spanish Inquisition is instituted in Spain.


 * 1484: After the Turei render the Vaadwaur homeworld uninhabitable by plasma weapon bombardments, a battalion of approximately six hundred Vaadwaur warriors takes refuge below the planet's surface in a state of cryostasis. Intending to remain in stasis for only five years, they are eventually awakened when USS Voyager visits their planet 892 years later.


 * 1485: A rating of "B" on the industrial scale corresponds to a technology level equal to that of Earth in this year.


 * 1489: The destination year that the six hundred Vaadwaur were to be revived from their cryostasis and start over.