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 – 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: 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.

• First printed edition of Euclid's Elements, in Latin translation.
• Schreierstoren is erected in Amsterdam, where Henry Hudson 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, founder of the National University of San Marcos in Lima (d. 1555)
  • Tomás de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1552–1559) (d. 1559)
• 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 27 – Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1457)
• May 10 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
• August 25 – Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)
• September 10 – Federico da Montefeltro, Italian mercenary (b. 1422)
• September 17 – William III, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1430)
• 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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