1480s
1480s: events by year
Contents: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489
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- January 1 – Jews are expelled from Andalusia.
- February 11 – Creation of the General Council of Inquisition in Spain.
- April 9 – Edward V becomes King of England.
- April 29 – Gran Canaria, the main of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, very important step in the expansion of Spain.
- April 30 – Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503.
- April – King Edward V of England and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York reside in the Tower of London. Later this year, rumors of their murders start circulating. By December the rumors have reached France. This is the beginning of the mystery concerning the fates of the two Princes in the Tower.
- June 13 – William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, is executed, in the first recorded execution at the Tower of London.
- June 20 – The powerful Fernando II, Duke of Braganza is executed in Portugal, followed by more than 80 other noblemen, for his plot again the Royal crown.
- June 25 – Before his coronation, King Edward V of England is deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who becomes King as Richard III of England.
- July 6 – Richard III is crowned king of England.
- July 20 – John of Denmark is crowned King of Norway.
- August 9 – The Sistine Chapel opens.
- September 3 – Evidence cited by Alison Weir in "The Princes of the Tower" (p. 157) indicate that Edward V and his brother, Richard, Duke of York were murdered this night.
- October – A rebellion by the Duke of Buckingham is crushed by Richard III.
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- January 29 – Richard Foxe becomes Bishop of Exeter.
- March – Archduke Sigismund of Austria, largely on the poor advice of his counselors, declares war on Venice and seizes silver mines in and around the Valsugana Valley.
- May 24 – Lambert Simnel is crowned King "Edward VI of England" in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. He claims to be Edward, Earl of Warwick and challenges Henry VII for the throne of England.
- June 16 – Battle of Stoke Field: The rebellion of pretender Lambert Simnel, led by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, and Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell, is crushed by troops loyal to Henry VII.
- August – Bartolomeu Dias leaves Lisbon on his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope.
- September 9 – Hongzhi becomes Emperor of China (Ming dynasty).
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