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* [[January 20]] – [[Eustochia Smeralda Calafato]], Italian saint (b. [[1434]]) |
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* [[February 28]] – [[Niclas, Graf von Abensberg]], German soldier (b. [[1441]]) |
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* [[March 16]] – [[Anne Neville]], queen of [[Richard III of England]] (b. [[1456]]) |
* [[March 16]] – [[Anne Neville]], queen of [[Richard III of England]] (b. [[1456]]) |
Revision as of 11:37, 16 June 2017
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1485 by topic |
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Arts and science |
Leaders |
Birth and death categories |
Births – Deaths |
Establishments and disestablishments categories |
Establishments – Disestablishments |
Art and literature |
1485 in poetry |
Gregorian calendar | 1485 MCDLXXXV |
Ab urbe condita | 2238 |
Armenian calendar | 934 ԹՎ ՋԼԴ |
Assyrian calendar | 6235 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1406–1407 |
Bengali calendar | 892 |
Berber calendar | 2435 |
English Regnal year | 2 Ric. 3 – 1 Hen. 7 |
Buddhist calendar | 2029 |
Burmese calendar | 847 |
Byzantine calendar | 6993–6994 |
Chinese calendar | 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4182 or 3975 — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4183 or 3976 |
Coptic calendar | 1201–1202 |
Discordian calendar | 2651 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1477–1478 |
Hebrew calendar | 5245–5246 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1541–1542 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1406–1407 |
- Kali Yuga | 4585–4586 |
Holocene calendar | 11485 |
Igbo calendar | 485–486 |
Iranian calendar | 863–864 |
Islamic calendar | 889–890 |
Japanese calendar | Bunmei 17 (文明17年) |
Javanese calendar | 1401–1402 |
Julian calendar | 1485 MCDLXXXV |
Korean calendar | 3818 |
Minguo calendar | 427 before ROC 民前427年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 17 |
Thai solar calendar | 2027–2028 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1611 or 1230 or 458 — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1612 or 1231 or 459 |
Year 1485 (MCDLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- Spring – Multiple earthquakes near Taishan, China.
- March 16 – Solar eclipse across northern South America and Central Europe.[1]
- June 1 – Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III) and makes the city his capital.
- August 5–August 7 – The first outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins.
- August 22 – The Battle of Bosworth is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Richard dies in battle and Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England.
- September 12 – Muscovian forces take hold of Tver.
- September 15 – Peter Arbues is assaulted while praying in the cathedral at Zaragoza, Spain; he dies on September 17. He had been appointed Inquisitor of Aragon by the Inquisitor General, Tomás de Torquemada, in the campaign against heresy and crypto-Judaism.
- October 30 – King Henry VII of England is crowned.
- November 2 – The Peace of Bourges freezes the Mad War.
Date unknown
- Leon Battista Alberti's De Re Aedificatoria (written 1443–52 and published posthumously) becomes the first printed work on architecture.
- From about this date, Leonardo da Vinci produces a number of designs for flying machines, including the aerial screw or helicopter (probably unworkable).[2]
Births
- March 10 – Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, German princess (d. 1537)
- April 26 – Sibylle of Baden, Countess consort of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1518)
- June 20 – Astorre III Manfredi, Italian noble (d. 1502)
- June 24
- Johannes Bugenhagen, German religious reformer (d. 1558)
- Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (1502–1535) (d. 1555)
- July 20 – Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Italian geographer (d. 1557)
- August 22 – Beatus Rhenanus, German humanist and religious reformer (d. 1547)
- September 14 – Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburgian royal (d. 1525)
- October 1 – Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and bishop (d. 1548)
- October 8 – Antonio Pucci, Catholic cardinal (d. 1544)
- November 30 – Veronica Gambara, Italian poet and stateswoman (d. 1550)
- December 16 – Catherine of Aragon, First Queen of Henry VIII of England and daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1536)
- date unknown
- Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador (d. 1547)
- Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (d. 1528)
- Giovanni da Verrazzano, Italian explorer (approximate date; d. c. 1528)
- probable
- Hugh Aston, English composer (d. 1558)
- Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (d. 1540)
- Clément Janequin, French chanson composer
- Sayyida al Hurra, Moroccan pirate queen
- Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (d. 1547)
- John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, English royal minister (d. 1555)
Deaths
- January 20 – Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (b. 1434)
- February 28 – Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)
- March 16 – Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)
- August 7 – Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince (b. c. 1454)
- August 15 – Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1419)
- August 22 (killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field):
- King Richard III of England (b. 1452)
- John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430)
- James Harrington, Yorkist knight
- Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III
- John Babington, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests
- Robert Brackenbury, English nobleman, courtier and supporter of Richard III
- Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, supporter of Richard III
- William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (b. 1426)
- August 25 – William Catesby, supporter of Richard III (executed) (b. 1450)
- October 17 – John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- October 27 – Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar (b. 1443)
- November 4 – Françoise d'Amboise, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1427)
References
- ^ NASA Eclipse site Visited June 4, 2015
- ^ Hart, Clive (1972). The Dream of Flight: aeronautics from classical times to the Renaissance. New York: Winchester Press.