1482
Year 1482 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- January 19 - A Portuguese fleet, commanded by Diogo de Azambuja, arrives at the mouth of the River Benya on the Gold Coast, where the fort of São Jorge da Mina is erected.
- February 28 -The village of Alhama de Granada in Spain is taken by Christian forces, starting the Granada War to expel the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula back to Africa.
- February - Johann Reuchlin leaves Stuttgart to visit Florence where he meets Marsilio Ficino.
- March 22 - Pope Sixtus IV, in a special bulla, grants self-government rights to the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno.
- March 27 - The death of Mary of Burgundy triggers the first of the Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria.
- April 3 - Symeon I succeeds Maximus III as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
- August 1 - Anglo-Scottish Wars: Richard, Duke of Gloucester invades Scotland, and captures Edinburgh.
- August 24 - Capture of Berwick: The Scots surrender the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed to Richard, ending his campaign.
- c. August - Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to enter the Congo.
- December 23 - Treaty of Arras divides the Burgundian Netherlands between King Louis XI of France and Archduke Maximilian I of Habsburg.
Date unknown
- Ivan III renounces the Mongol Khanate rule over Russia.
- Johannes Trithemius becomes a novice, at the abbey of St. Martin at Sponheim, in the Diocese of Mainz.
- The first edition of Euclid's Elements is printed, by German printer Erhard Ratdolt in Venice, incorporating geometric diagrams.
- Schreierstoren is erected in Amsterdam.
Births
March 7 - Fray Thomas de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop June 29 - Maria of Aragon, Queen of Manuel I of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile July 7 - Andrzej Krzycki, Polish archbishop August 23 - Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher October 7 - Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach October 18 - Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg December 9 - Frederick II, Elector Palatine date unknown*Richard Aertsz, Dutch historical painter * Eufrasia Burlamacchi, Italian nun and manuscipt illumination artist *Leo Jud, Swiss religious reformer *Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer *Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet *Cho Kwangjo, Korean scholar probable* Bernardino Luini, Italian painter * Richard Pace, English diplomatDeaths
March 25 - Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Italian writer, adviser and spouse of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici March 27 - Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor May 10 - Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer May 23 - Mary of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England August 15 - William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg August 25 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England August 29 - Queen Yun, Korean Queen September 10 - Federico da Montefeltro, Italian mercenary September 17 - William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Duke of Luxembourg September 22 - Philibert I, Duke of Savoy date unknown - Hugo van der Goes, Flemish artistIn fiction
In Doctor Who, the Doctor states that 1482 is a hard year to time travel to, as it is full of glitches. Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame takes place in this year.
