Editing 1485

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1485''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* Spring &ndash; Multiple earthquakes occur near [[Mount Tai|Taishan]], [[Ming dynasty|China]].
* [[March 16]] &ndash; A solar eclipse crosses northern [[South America]] and [[Central Europe]].<ref>[http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=14850316 NASA Eclipse site] Visited June 4, 2015</ref>
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Matthias Corvinus|Matthias]] of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] [[Siege of Vienna (1485)|takes Vienna]], in his conquest of [[Archduchy of Austria|Austria]] (from [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III]]), and makes the city his [[Capital (political)|capital]].
* [[August 5]]&ndash;[[August 7|7]] &ndash; The first outbreak of [[sweating sickness]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]] begins.
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bosworth]]: King [[Richard III of England]] is defeated by (rival claimant to the throne of [[England]]) [[Henry VII of England|Henry Tudor]], [[Earl of Richmond]]; Richard dies in battle, and Henry Tudor becomes King [[Henry VII of England]] (although Henry marks this battle as August 21, so that he can declare all his opponents traitors).
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovian]] forces conquer [[Tver]].
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[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.
* [[October 30]] &ndash; King Henry VII of England is crowned.
* [[November 2]] &ndash; The Peace of [[Bourges]] stops the [[Mad War]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Leon Battista Alberti]]'s ''[[De Re Aedificatoria]]'' (written 1443&ndash;1452 and published posthumously) becomes the first printed work on architecture.
* From about this date, [[Leonardo da Vinci]] produces a number of designs for flying machines, including the [[:File:Leonardo da Vinci helicopter.jpg|aerial screw]] or [[helicopter]] (probably unworkable).<ref>{{cite book|first=Clive|last=Hart|title=The Dream of Flight: aeronautics from classical times to the Renaissance|location=New York|publisher=Winchester Press|year=1972}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
[[File:Hernán Cortés anónimo.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Hernán Cortés]]]]
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach]], German princess (d. [[1537]])
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Sibylle of Baden]], Countess consort of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. [[1518]])
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Astorre III Manfredi]], Italian noble (d. [[1502]])
* [[June 24]]
** [[Johannes Bugenhagen]], German religious reformer (d. [[1558]])
** [[Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg]] (1502–1535) (d. [[1555]])
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Ramusio]], Italian geographer (d. [[1557]])
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Beatus Rhenanus]],  German humanist and religious reformer (d. [[1547]])
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], Mecklenburgian royal (d. [[1525]])
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Johannes Dantiscus]], Polish poet and bishop (d. [[1548]])
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Antonio Pucci (cardinal)|Antonio Pucci]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1544]])
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Veronica Gambara]], Italian poet and stateswoman (d. [[1550]])
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[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]])
** [[Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg]], ruler of Neuchatel (d. [[1543]])
** [[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 
** [[Sayyida al Hurra]], Moroccan pirate queen
** [[Sebastiano del Piombo]], Italian painter (d. [[1547]])
** [[John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford]], English royal minister (d. [[1555]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Eustochia Smeralda Calafato]], Italian saint (b. [[1434]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Niclas, Graf von Abensberg]], German soldier (b. [[1441]])
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Anne Neville]], queen of [[Richard III of England]] (b. [[1456]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cannon |first1=John |last2=Hargreaves |first2=Anne |title=The Kings and Queens of Britain |date=2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=9780191580284 |page=246 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&pg=PA246|language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany]], Scottish prince (b. c. [[1454]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]] (b. [[1419]])
* [[August 22]] (killed in the [[Battle of Bosworth Field]]):
** King [[Richard III of England]] (b. [[1452]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard III {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-III-king-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk]] (b. [[1430]])
** [[James Harrington (Yorkist knight)|James Harrington]], Yorkist knight
** [[Richard Ratcliffe]], supporter of Richard III
** [[John Babington (died 1485)|John Babington]], [[High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests]]
** [[Robert Brackenbury]],  English nobleman, courtier and supporter of Richard III
** [[Walter Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley]], supporter of Richard III
** [[William Brandon (standard-bearer)|William Brandon]], supporter of Henry VII (b. [[1456]])
* [[August 25]] &ndash; [[William Catesby]], supporter of Richard III (executed) (b. [[1450]])
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[John Scott of Scott's Hall]], Warden of the Cinque Ports
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Rodolphus Agricola]], Dutch scholar (b. [[1443]])
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Françoise d'Amboise]], Duchess of Brittany (b. [[1427]])
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], Doge of Venice (b. [[1408]])<ref>{{DBI | last = Gullino | first = Giuseppe | title =MOCENIGO, Giovanni | url = https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-mocenigo_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ | volume = 75}}</ref>
* Date unknown &ndash; [[Kristina Königsmarck]], Swedish noblewoman.

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