Bank of Saint George founded
Genoa founds one of the oldest banks; Columbus is a client
In April 1407 the Republic of Genoa founded the Bank of Saint George to manage public debt swollen by war with Venice; in 1453 it was handed the government of Corsica and Genoa's colonies in Crimea. Ferdinand and Isabella held accounts there, as did Columbus, and the bank closed only in 1805 under Napoleon.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1410 Battle of Grunwald — 3 years later
- c. 1411 Andrei Rublev's Trinity — 4 years later
- 1425–1453 Muscovite War of Succession — 18 years later
Middle East
- 1402 Battle of Ankara — 5 years earlier
Africa
- 1415 Portuguese capture Ceuta — 8 years later
Asia
- 1392 Founding of Joseon — 15 years earlier
- 1398 Timur sacks Delhi — 9 years earlier
- c. 1400 Founding of Malacca — 7 years earlier
- 1405–1433 Voyages of Zheng He — 2 years earlier
- c. 1424 Ulugh Beg's observatory — 17 years later
Alive at the time
- Johannes Gutenberg (aged 7)
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (aged 49)
- Andrei Rublev (aged 47)
- Sigismund (aged 39)
- Zheng He (aged 36)
- Henry V (aged 21)
- Sejong the Great (aged 10)
- Charles VII (aged 4)
- Murad II (aged 3)
- Rupert of the Palatinate (aged 55)