15th century

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Intangible century Q7018
15th century
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Summary

15th century is a century[1]. It draws 5,547 Wikipedia views per month (century category, ranking #8 of 76).[2]

Key Facts

  • Follows: 14th century[3]
  • Followed by: 16th century[4]
  • Part of: 2nd millennium[5]
  • Commons category: 15th century[6]
  • Has part(s): 1400s[7], 1410s[8], 1430s[9], 1460s[10], 1470s[11], 1480s[12], 1490s[13], 1420s[14], 1450s[15], 1440s[16]
  • Start time: 1401[17]
  • End time: 1500[18]
  • Point in time: January 1, 1500[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:15th century[20]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21]
  • Has list: list of state leaders in the 15th century[22], list of shipwrecks in the 15th century[23], list of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 15th century[24], list of 15th-century religious leaders[25], Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 15th century[26]
  • Name: 15th-century[27], Quattrocento[28]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q31798746[29]
  • Related category: Category:15th century-related lists[30]
  • Category for births in this time period: Category:15th-century births[31]
  • Category for deaths in this time period: Category:15th-century deaths[32]

Why It Matters

15th century has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Famous birthdays id → year/1400s
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 12489, Add qualifier to Cathopedia article ID `XV_secolo`"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → 15th-century
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: 15th-century, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289916077|15th century (#289916077)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0266080-15-stoleti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0266080-15-stoleti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    End time → +1500-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Topic's main category → Category:15th century
    Follows → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531237905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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