Editing 15th century (section)

==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
{{see also|Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci}}{{See also|Timeline of historic inventions#15th century}}
* [[Renaissance]] affects [[philosophy]], [[History of Science and Technology|science]] and [[art]].
* Rise of [[Modern English]] language from [[Middle English]].
* Introduction of the [[noon bell]] in the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] world.
* Public [[History of banking|banks]].
* [[Yongle Encyclopedia]]—over 22,000 volumes.
* [[Hangul]] alphabet in [[Korea]].
* [[Scotch whisky]].
* [[Psychiatric hospital]]s{{clarify|date=June 2015}}.
* Development of the [[woodcut]] for printing between [[1400]]–[[1450]].
* [[Movable type]] first used by King [[Taejong of Joseon]]—[[1403]]. (Movable type, which allowed individual characters to be arranged to form words, was invented in China by [[Bi Sheng]] between 1041 and 1048.)
* Although pioneered earlier in Korea and by the Chinese official [[Wang Zhen (official)|Wang Zhen]] (with [[tin]]), [[bronze]] metal [[movable type]] [[printing]] is created in China by [[Hua Sui]] in [[1490]].
* [[Johannes Gutenberg]] advances the [[printing press]] in Europe ({{circa|lk=no|[[1455]]}})
* [[Linear perspective]] drawing perfected by [[Filippo Brunelleschi]] [[1410]]–[[1415]]
* Invention of the [[harpsichord]] {{circa|lk=no|[[1450]]}}
* Arrival of [[Christopher Columbus]] to the [[Americas]] in [[1492]].