Prague astronomical clock
The oldest astronomical clock still working
The astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall was built in 1410 by clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and astronomer Jan Šindel. It is the oldest such clock still working; every hour the apostles parade past its windows.
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Legend says the maker of Prague's astronomical clock was blinded so he could not build another. But it names Master Hanuš, who only repaired it in 1490; the clock was built in 1410 by Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel. Share →
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1410 Battle of Grunwald — same year
- c. 1411 Andrei Rublev's Trinity — 1 year later
Middle East
- 1402 Battle of Ankara — 8 years earlier
Asia
- 1392 Founding of Joseon — 18 years earlier
- c. 1400 Founding of Malacca — 10 years earlier
- 1405–1433 Voyages of Zheng He — 5 years earlier
- c. 1424 Ulugh Beg's observatory — 14 years later
Alive at the time
- Johannes Gutenberg (aged 10)
- Andrei Rublev (aged 50)
- Sigismund (aged 42)
- Zheng He (aged 39)
- Henry V (aged 24)
- Sejong the Great (aged 13)
- Charles VII (aged 7)
- Murad II (aged 6)
- Rupert of the Palatinate (aged 58)
- Wenceslaus (aged 49)