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1439| 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 1439 | France, England, Burgundy, Holy Roman Empire [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | English and French embassies meet at the Congress of Calais in France. They fail to make peace as the English will not renounce King Henry VI of England's title to be king of France, but the English make a truce with Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (on 28 September). | | 6 July 1439 | Florence, Byzantine Empire [political events] | The union of the Latin and Greek churches is proclaimed at the Council of Florence. Despite the subscription of the Byzantine emperor John VIII and his delegation to the union, the citizens of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) refuse to accept it. | | 27 October 1439 | Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Hungary [administration] | The Holy Roman Emperor Albert II dies. He is succeeded as king of Hungary by King Wladyslaw III (Warnenczyk) of Poland. |
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