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1415| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 6 July 1415 | Germany, Holy Roman Empire [political events] | The Council of Constance issues the decree Haec sancta/These Holy Things, which asserts the supremacy of general councils in the church. The Council also condemns the Bohemian reformer John Hus as a heretic and he is burnt at the stake in Constance, Germany, a year later. | | 5 September 1415 | Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire [political events] | The nobles of Bohemia and Moravia form an association to oppose the church authorities and prevent the execution of the condemned Bohemian religious reformer John Hus. | | 25 October 1415 | England, France [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | King Henry V of England inflicts a crushing defeat on the French at the Battle of Agincourt. |
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