Old people - they did stuff too
1401: Pope Boniface reverses his earlier ban on sex, after seeing a massive decline in the birth rate.
1411: The British Home Championship ends in a draw when England fail to seize Berwick back from Scotland.
1414: Japanese explorers reach the mainland for the first time and introduce karaoke to the unsuspecting Chinese.
1429: Portuguese adventurer Marco De Mappo gets lost while "rounding the horn" and invents the map while trying to work out where he is. It is not clear whether "rounding the horn" is an innuendo or not.
1435: French astronomer Guilliame Moon discovers the heavenly body which bears his name - the Moon.
1442: Pope Cockface rises to power in the Vatican, but is overthrown after he holds a lavish party featuring the ritual sacrifice of three hundred choirboys.
1456: The first piano is invented in Italy by an unknown carpenter. Unfortunately it only has three keys and is declared a disaster.
1460: Indian mathematician Chandra Unpronounceable completes a life-long quest to see how high he can count. He gets to 59,723,910, and concludes that this is the highest number that will ever be reached.
1463: A Scottish ironmonger serendipitously discovers deep-frying after dropping a turnip into his furnace.
1472: The 81-day war between the Spanish Netherlands and Dutch Spain ends in confusion when neither side knows who they are fighting.
1478: The Plague returns for the 78th time this century, killing millions throughout the world.
1482: German chef Dirk Hamburger, of Frankfurt, accidentally sits down on his sausages while preparing them. His new flat "Hamburgers" prove surprisingly popular.
1491: Aztec emperor Montezuma declares himself ruler of the whole world and a living god, invulnerable to all men.
1492: Pioneering Spanish reality show contestants taking part in the historical documentary novel "El Boato" reach a new continent. After months at sea they are beginning to show signs of neurosis and they kill all natives on sight.
1498: England launches its own intercontinental reality show - "Find the New Land". They land on Newfoundland.
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