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Mary of Burgundy, daughter of the late Charles the Bold, dies March 27 at age 27 after a hunting accident in Flanders. Her husband, Maximilian of Austria, claims power over the Lowlands as regent for their infant son, Philippe; Brabant and Flanders reject his claims (see 1485).
Humanist-mercenary Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino, dies at age 60 (approximate) and is succeeded by his 10-year-old son Guidobaldo (see 1502).
The Peace of Arras December 23 ends hostilities between the Hapsburg family and France's Louis XI, who has lived in isolation for the past 2 years in his spider's-nest château Plessis-les-Tours, two miles southwest of Tours, surrounded by astrologers and physicians. Burgundy and Picardy are absorbed into France.
Venice begins a 2-year war with Ferrara that will result in the Venetian acquisition of Polesine and Rovigo, the last expansion of Venice on the mainland.
The bishop of Liège is killed by "the Wild Boar of the Ardennes" Guillaume de la Marck, 36, a Belgian soldier for France's Louis XI (the Spider). La Marck will be captured in 1485 and beheaded.
Painting: Giving of the Keys to St. Peter by Perugino. Luca della Robbia dies at Florence February 23 at age 82.
An Act of Swans adopted by Parliament introduces a right of "possession by prescription" and a property qualification that restricts to landowners the right to own swans (see "swan upping," 1473). The Company of Vintners will receive rights to ownership by next year, and while swans owned by the Crown will remain unmarked, those of the Dyers will have a single mark, those of the Vintners two.
English wheat prices soar 74.7 percent following a bad harvest after years of plentiful food and stable prices.
Portuguese explorers find bananas growing on Africa's west coast and adopt a version of the local name for the fruit Musa sapientum (see 327 B.C.; de Berlanga, 1516).
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In the year 1482
Mathematics
Erhard Ratdolt [b. Augsburg (Germany), 1447, d. Augsburg, 1527] produces the first printed edition of Euclid's Elements, a Latin translation by Johannes Campanus. This is the first mathematical book of significance to appear in print (as opposed to handwritten form) and also the first printed book illustrated with geometric figures. See also 1260 Mathematics.
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This article is about the year 1482.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1450s 1460s 1470s – 1480s – 1490s 1500s 1510s |
| Years: | 1479 1480 1481 – 1482 – 1483 1484 1485 |
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| 1482 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1482 MCDLXXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2235 |
| Armenian calendar | 931 ԹՎ ՋԼԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6232 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -362–-361 |
| Bengali calendar | 889 |
| Berber calendar | 2432 |
| English Regnal year | 21 Edw. 4 – 22 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2026 |
| Burmese calendar | 844 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6990–6991 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年十二月十二日 (4118/4178-12-12) — to —
壬寅年十一月廿二日(4119/4179-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 1198–1199 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1474–1475 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5242–5243 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1538–1539 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1404–1405 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4583–4584 |
| Holocene calendar | 11482 |
| Iranian calendar | 860–861 |
| Islamic calendar | 886–887 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 14 (文明14年) |
| Korean calendar | 3815 |
| Minguo calendar | 430 before ROC 民前430年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2025 |
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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
Date unknown
- 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.
Births
- March 7 – Fray Thomas de San Martín, scholar (d. 1555)
- April – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian humanist (d. 1535)
- June 29 – Maria of Aragon, Queen of Manuel I of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1517)
- 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
- 1482 was a hard year that was full of glitches, as said by the Doctor.
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