15th century

The 15th century was a time of great suffering and great discovery, especially for Europeans. Labelled "the Renaissance", it saw the ascension of several great human scholars, as well as some decisive political and military events.

A Samurai sword dating from this century was among the artefacts abandoned by the departing inhabitants of the former Earth colony Jegg-Sau in the 25th century. (AUDIO: The Relics of Jegg-Sau)

The First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, and Barbara Wright visited the Aztec empire. Barbara, taken for the reincarnation of Yetaxa, tried in vain to stop the Aztec practice of human sacrifice. (TV: The Aztecs)

By the 15th century, it was against Spanish custom to engage in the slave trade. (AUDIO: Trouble in Paradise)

It was also among the centuries endured by Ashildr, later known as "Lady Me", an 9th century Viking girl who was rendered effectively immortal when she was brought back to life by the Twelfth Doctor through a self-repairing Mire medical kit. Notably, she took part in the Battle of Agincourt, where she claimed that she was able to "fire six arrows in under a minute". (TV: The Woman Who Lived)