church portal by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Construction
Construction of Gates of Paradise
church portal by Lorenzo Ghiberti
- 15th century – 15th century
- Europe
Meanwhile, elsewhere
- 1517 – 1648Protestant Reformation
- 6 April 1453Fall of ConstantinopleMiddle East
- 1492European colonization of the Americas
- 1519 – 1521Spanish conquest of the Aztec EmpireMesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 14th century – 14th centurybahtSoutheast Asia
- 12 October 1492first arrival of Christopher Columbus to AmericaMesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1378 – 1417Western Schism
- 1493 – 1898Spanish colonization of the Americas