Editing 1483

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[[File:The Princes in the Tower by John Everett Millais (1878).png|thumb|The [[Princes in the Tower]] vanish.]]
Year '''1483''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The Jews are expelled from [[Andalusia]].
* [[February 11]] &ndash; The ''General Council of the [[Inquisition]]'' is created in [[Spain]].
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Edward V of England|Edward V]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of England|England]].
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[Gran Canaria]], the main island of the [[Canary Islands]], is conquered by the [[Kingdom of Castile]], a very important step in the expansion of [[Spain]].
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Pluto]] moves inside [[Neptune]]'s orbit until [[July 23]], [[1503]], according to modern [[orbit]]al calculations.
* [[April]] &ndash; King [[Edward V of England]] and his younger brother [[Richard, Duke of York (Prince in the Tower)|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]] &ndash; [[William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings]], is executed, in the first recorded execution at the [[Tower of London]].
* [[June 20]] &ndash; The powerful [[Fernando II of Braganza|Fernando II, Duke of Braganza]] is executed in Portugal, followed by more than 80 other noblemen, for his plot against the royal crown.
* [[June 25]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] and [[Anne Neville]] are crowned king and Queen of England, at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne Neville, wife of Richard III |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/anne-neville-wife-of-richard-iii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[John, King of Denmark|John of Denmark]] is crowned King of Norway.
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The [[Sistine Chapel]] opens in the [[Apostolic Palace]] in Rome.
* [[September 3]] &ndash; The [[Princes in the Tower]], uncrowned 12-year-old [[Edward V of England]] and his 10-year-old brother, [[Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York|Richard, Duke of York]], are perhaps murdered this night in the [[Tower of London]].<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Alison Weir|first=Alison|last=Weir|title=The Princes in the Tower|page=157}}</ref>
* [[October]] &ndash; [[Buckingham's rebellion|A rebellion]] by the [[Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham|Duke of Buckingham]] is crushed by [[Richard III of England]].
* [[October 29]] &ndash; [[Battle of Una]]: Forces of the [[Kingdom of Croatia (1102–1526)|Kingdom of Croatia]] defeat the army of the [[Ottoman Empire]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Isaac Abravanel]] flees [[Portugal]], after being implicated in a plot against the king.
* The [[Ivan III of Russia|Prince of Moscow]] builds the fortress of [[Ivangorod]], facing [[Narva]].
* [[Giovanni Bellini]] is named official painter of the [[Republic of Venice]].
* [[Flavio Biondo]] publishes his ''Historiarum ab inclinatione romanorum imperii''.
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== Births ==
[[File:Raffaello Sanzio.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Raphael]]]]
[[File:Martin Luther by Cranach-restoration.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Martin Luther]]]]
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]], Baron of Breda (d. [[1538]])
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Babur|Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah]], founder of the Moghul Dynasty (d. [[1530]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Francesco Guicciardini]], Italian historian and statesman (d. [[1540]])
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Raphael]], Italian painter and architect (d. [[1520]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexander Langkals|title=Raphael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KD7Ogc-_FVsC|year=2004|publisher=Prestel|isbn=978-3-7913-3199-7|page=6|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Paolo Giovio]], Italian bishop (d. [[1552]])
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Wang Gen]], Chinese philosopher (d. [[1541]])
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Eric II, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (d. [[1508]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Gasparo Contarini]], Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. [[1542]])
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Hans Buchner]], German Renaissance composer (d. [[1538]])
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Martin Luther]], German monk and Protestant reformer (d. [[1546]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=John D. Woodbridge |author1-link=John D. Woodbridge |author2=David F. Wright|title=The Baker History of the Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyUqAQAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Baker Books|isbn=978-0-8010-1277-8|page=70|language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse]], German noble (d. [[1522]])
* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus von Amsdorf]], German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. [[1565]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Old Tom Parr|Thomas Parr]], Englishman, alleged oldest living man (d. [[1635]])
** [[Cacamatzin]], Aztec ruler (d. [[1520]])
** [[Jacquet of Mantua]], French composer (d. [[1559]])
** [[Chen Chun]], Chinese painter (d. [[1544]])
** [[Felice della Rovere]], also known as Madonna Felice, the illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (d. [[1536]])
** [[Andrea Navagero]], Venetian diplomat and writer  (d. [[1529]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[William IV, Lord of Egmont]], IJsselstein, Schoonderwoerd and Haastrecht and Stadtholder of Guelders (b. [[1412]])
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat]] (b. [[1420]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine]] (b. [[1428]])
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex]] (b. c. 1405)
* [[April 9]] &ndash; King [[Edward IV of England]] (b. [[1442]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Phillips|title=The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3gwSIgiMswC|year=2006|publisher=Hermes House|isbn=978-0-681-45961-8|page=86|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483)|Margaret of Bourbon]], French noble (b. [[1438]])
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[George Neville, Duke of Bedford]], English dispossessed nobleman (b. [[1465]])
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Queen Jeonghui]], Korean regent (b. [[1418]]) 
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings]] (executed; b. [[1431]])
* [[June 25]]
**[[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers]] (executed; b. [[1442]])
**[[Richard Grey]], English knight, half brother of [[Edward V]] (executed; b. [[1457]])
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Costanzo I Sforza]], Italian condottiero (b. [[1447]])
* [[August 30]] &ndash; King [[Louis XI of France]] (b. [[1423]])<ref>{{cite book|author=David Potter|title=War and Government in the French Provinces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZA5mJmoB1oC&pg=PA41|date=13 February 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-89300-8|pages=41|language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]], English politician (b. [[1454]])
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Charlotte of Savoy]], French queen (b. [[1441]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Edmund Sutton]], English nobleman (b. [[1425]])
** [[Elise Eskilsdotter]], Norwegian noblewoman and pirate

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