Extinction of Haast's eagle
When the moa vanish, their giant hunter goes with them
The largest eagle known, with a wingspan up to 3 m, preyed on moa. When the Māori wiped out its prey, it vanished too, estimated around 1445. It may live on in Māori legend as the man-eating bird pouākai.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1429 Joan of Arc relieves Orléans — 16 years earlier
- c. 1450 Gutenberg's printing press — 5 years later
Middle East
- 1453 Fall of Constantinople — 8 years later
Asia
- 1446 King Sejong promulgates Hangul — 1 year later
Americas
- c. 1438 Pachacuti founds the Inca Empire — 7 years earlier
- c. 1450 Building of Machu Picchu — 5 years later
- c. 1450 Founding of the Iroquois Confederacy — 5 years later
Alive at the time
- Johannes Gutenberg (aged 45)
- Mehmed II (aged 13)
- Sejong the Great (aged 48)
- Charles VII (aged 42)
- Murad II (aged 41)
- Pachacuti (aged 27)
- Louis XI (aged 22)
- Ashikaga Yoshimasa (aged 9)
- Ivan III (aged 5)
- Ulugh Beg (aged 51)