1485
Top
1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 1490
Contents: political eventsexploration, colonization medicine literature art |
The Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire August 22 ends the Wars of the Roses that have continued in England since 1460. Henry Tudor, 28, earl of Richmond, has landed at Milford Haven with French support after a sojourn abroad to escape the wrath of Richard III. John de Vere, 13th earl of Oxford, commands his right wing, and Henry's Welsh allies help him defeat the king, who falls in battle, as does John Howard, 1st duke of Norfolk and earl marshal of England. Sir John's son Thomas, 41, earl of Surrey, is wounded, captured, and imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he will remain for 3 years. Richard's crown is found hanging on a bush and passes to the earl, who is crowned at Westminster October 30 as Henry VII. Uniting the houses of York and Lancaster, he restores peace to the realm and will reign until 1509, inaugurating a 117-year Tudor dynasty. The earl of Oxford is restored to his title and estates and made chamberlain and admiral of England.
Bruges and Ghent capitulate to Maximilian of Austria in June and July after sieges (see 1482; 1488).
Hungary's Matthias Corvinus (Mátyás Corvin) expels the Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich III from Vienna; Friedrich becomes an imperial mendicant.
Christopher Columbus sends his brother Bartholomew to France and England in hopes that he may interest Charles VIII or Henry VII in outfitting an expedition to the Orient, but Bartholomew has no success (see 1484; 1486).
Venice standardizes its quarantine of 1403 at 40 days.
A "sweating sickness" cuts down the army of England's Henry VII and postpones the king's coronation. The mysterious malady closes down the University of Oxford for 6 weeks, spreads quickly to London, and within a week has killed thousands (see 1507).
Poetry: Le Morte D'Arthur by the late Sir Thomas Malory is published by the English printer William Caxton (see 1471; Caxton, 1476). Malory's abridged compilation of French Arthurian romance, probably completed in London's Newgate Prison, comprises eight tales in 507 chapters arranged by Caxton in 21 books and includes such lines as "there syr launcelot toke the fayrest lady by the hand, and she was naked as a nedel" (see Tennyson, 1859).
Painting: Pietà Panchiatichi by Carlo Crivelli; Crucifixion by Perugino.
1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 1490
Houghton Mifflin Guide to Science & Technology:
Top
In the year 1485
Communication
Erhard Ratdolt prints an edition of Johannes de Sacrobosco's astronomy book Tractatus de spheara ("a treatment of spheres"), the first printed book to use several differently colored inks on the same page. See also 1457 Communication; 1710 Communication.
The first decrees for the prohibition of books perceived as dangerous appear in Mainz (Germany). See also 1559 Communication.
ConstructionDe re aedificatoria ("on the art of building") by Leon Battista Alberti, on construction methods and architecture, is published. Written some 30 or 40 years earlier, it gives scientific rules that should be followed in construction, but also emphasizes the art of architecture. See also 1436 Communication.
TransportationLeon Battista Alberti's De re aedificatoria contains the first printed description of a canal lock. See also 1458 Transportation.
Top
This article is about the year 1485.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1450s 1460s 1470s – 1480s – 1490s 1500s 1510s |
| Years: | 1482 1483 1484 – 1485 – 1486 1487 1488 |
| 1485 by topic |
|---|
| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1485 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1485 MCDLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2238 |
| Armenian calendar | 934 ԹՎ ՋԼԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6235 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -359–-358 |
| Bengali calendar | 892 |
| Berber calendar | 2435 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Ric. 3 – 1 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2029 |
| Burmese calendar | 847 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6993–6994 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲辰年十二月十五日 (4121/4181-12-15) — to —
乙巳年十一月廿五日(4122/4182-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 1201–1202 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1477–1478 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5245–5246 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1541–1542 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1407–1408 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4586–4587 |
| Holocene calendar | 11485 |
| Iranian calendar | 863–864 |
| Islamic calendar | 889–890 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 17 (文明17年) |
| Julian calendar | 1485 MCDLXXXV |
| Korean calendar | 3818 |
| Minguo calendar | 427 before ROC 民前427年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2028 |
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 1485 |
Year 1485 (MCDLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).
Events
January–December
- Spring – Multiple earthquakes near Taishan, China
- June 1 – Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III) and makes the city his capital.
- August 5–August 7 – The first outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins.
- August 22 – The Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Richard dies in battle and Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England.
- September 12 – Muscovian forces take hold of Tver.
- September 15 – Peter Arbues is assaulted while praying in the cathedral at Zaragoza, Spain; he dies on September 17. He had been appointed Inquisitor of Aragon by the Inquisitor General, Tomás de Torquemada, in the campaign against heresy and crypto-Judaism.
- November 2 – The Peace of Bourges freezes the Mad War.
Date unknown
- 1485 – Leon Battista Alberti's De Re Aedificatoria (written 1443–52 and published posthumously) becomes the first printed work on architecture.
- Leonardo da Vinci designs the ariel screw.
Births
- June 24 – Johannes Bugenhagen, German religious reformer (d. 1558)
- October 1 – Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and bishop (d. 1548)
- December 16 – Catherine of Aragon, First Queen of Henry VIII of England and daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1536)
- date unknown
- Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador (d. 1547)
- Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (d. 1528)
- Giovanni da Verrazzano, Italian explorer (approximate date; d. c. 1528)
- probable
- Hugh Aston, English composer (d. 1558)
- Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (d. 1540)
- Clément Janequin, French chanson composer
- Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (d. 1547)
- John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, English royal minister (d. 1555)
Deaths
- February 28 – Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)
- March 13 – Paul Luther, French monk (b. 1432)
- March 16 – Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (born 1456)
- August 7 – Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince (b. c. 1454)
- August 22 – killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field:
- King Richard III of England (b. 1452)
- John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430)
- Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III
- William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (b. 1426)
- August – William Catesby, supporter of Richard III (executed) (b. 1450)
- October 17 – John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- October 28 – Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar (b. 1443)
- November 4 – Françoise d'Amboise, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1427)
References
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Gale World Chronology
People's Chronology. Copyright © 2005 by The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Read more
Houghton Mifflin Guide to Science & Technology
History of Science and Technology, edited by Bryan Bunch and Alexander Hellemans. Copyright © 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read more
Mentioned in
Richard III
(King of England)
Cortés, Hernando
(Spanish explorer and conquistador)
Cromwell, Thomas
(English politician)
Plantagenet
(line of English kings)
» More