1482

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Year 1482 (MCDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• March 22 – Pope Sixtus IV, in a special bulla, grants self-government rights to the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno.^[1]
• March 27 – The death of Mary of Burgundy triggers the first of the Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria.
• August 1 – Anglo-Scottish Wars: Richard, Duke of Gloucester invades Scotland, and captures Edinburgh.^[2]
• August 24 – Capture of Berwick: The Scots surrender the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed to Richard, ending his campaign.^[2]

Undated

• The Portuguese erect the Fort of Sao Jorge de Mina (Fort Elmina) near the mouth of the River Benya, on the Gold Coast.
• Tizoc rules the Aztecs.
• Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo.
• Ivan III renounces the Mongol Khanate rule over Russia.
• Johann Reuchlin visits Florence, and meets Marsilio Ficino.
• 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 (Latin translation) is printed.
• Schreierstoren is erected in Amsterdam (from which Henry Hudson will set sail on April 4, 1609, on the vessel Halve Maen, to bring him to the harbor of New York and the Hudson River).

Births

• March 7 – Fray Thomas de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (d. 1555)
• June 29 – Maria of Aragon, Queen of Manuel I of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1517)
• July 7 – Andrzej Krzycki, Polish archbishop (d. 1537)
• August 23 – Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher (d. 1520)
• October 7 – Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1553)
• October 18 – Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1538)
• December 9 – Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1544–1556) (d. 1556)
• date unknown
  • Richard Aertsz, Dutch historical painter (d. 1577)
  • Leo Jud, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1542)
  • Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (d. 1531)
  • Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet (d. 1511)
  • Cho Kwangjo, Korean scholar (d. 1519)
• probable
  • Bernardino Luini, Italian painter (d. 1532)
  • Richard Pace, English diplomat (d. 1537)

Deaths

• March 25 – Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Italian writer, adviser and spouse of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (b. 1427)
• March 27 – Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1457)
• May 10 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
• May 23 – Mary of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England (b. 1467)
• August 15 – William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1428-1441) (b. 1406)
• August 25 – Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)
• August 29 – Queen Yun, Korean Queen (b. 1455)
• September 10 – Federico da Montefeltro, Italian mercenary (b. 1422)
• September 17 – William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1425)
• September 22 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1465)
• date unknown – Hugo van der Goes, Flemish artist (b. c. 1440)

In fiction

• In Doctor Who, 1482 was a hard year that was full of glitches, as said by the Doctor.
• Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame takes place in this year.

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