The Thirteen Years' War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Poland, led by Casimir IV Jagiellon, and the Teutonic Order, a military state which ruled Prussia. It began when the Prussian Confederation, an alliance of towns and nobles unhappy with the Order's taxes and rule, rebelled and asked the Polish king to take over the territory. The war was fought mostly by mercenaries, and both sides ran short of money, but the Poles and the towns gained the upper hand, including an important naval victory in the Vistula Lagoon. The Second Peace of Thorn gave Poland Pomerania and the western part of Prussia, and made the Order a vassal of the Polish crown for the eastern part. It gave Poland access to the Baltic Sea.
Before and after
- 15 April 1452Birth of Leonardo da Vinci
- 21 September 1452Birth of Girolamo Savonarola
- from 1453 to 1454Morea revolt of 1453–1454
- from 6 April 1453 to 29 May 1453Fall of Constantinople
- from 1454 to 1466Thirteen Years' War
- 9 March 1454Birth of Amerigo Vespucci
- 1455Construction of Grand Bazaar
- from 22 May 1455 to 16 June 1487Wars of the Roses
- from 4 July 1456 to 22 July 1456Siege of Belgrade
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The era
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