1480s

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Millennia:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s
Years:	1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

• Forty years of civil war is brought to an end in England in 1485 after the House of Tudor defeats the House of York in the Wars of the Roses and stable rule is restored under Henry VII.
• The Inquisition instituted by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile is first put into practice under royal authority and in conformity with Canon law. The first auto de fe takes place in Seville in 1481 and from 1482 permanent tribunals begin to be established throughout Castile and elsewhere. It will remain in force until 1834.