1481
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s
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| Years: | 1478 1479 1480 - 1481 - 1482 1483 1484 |
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Year 1481 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).
[edit] Events of 1481
- May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Bayezid II.
- May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513).
- December 26 - Battle of Westbroek - Holland defeats the troops of Utrecht.
- With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou reverts to the French crown under Louis XI of France.
- Change of Patriarch Maximus III (1476-1481) to Symeon I (1466, 1471-1474, 1481-1486).
- Fire destroys the roof and the spires of the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Rheims.
- Famous Aztec Calendar Stone or "Sun Stone" carved.
- The Spanish Inquisition begins. It will continute to operate until 1820.
- The papal Bull Aeterni regis grants all land south of the Canary Islands to Portugal.
- Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by his brother Tízoc.
- September 10 - Alphonso II of Naples recaptures the city of Otranto.
- John II of Portugal starts to rule.
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (died 1511)
- March 2 - Franz von Sickingen, German knight (died 1523)
- March 7 - Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (died 1537)
- July 2 - King Christian II of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (died 1559)
- date unknown
- probable
- Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (died 1545)
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 - Akhmat Khan, khan of the Great Horde
- May 3 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (born 1432)
- May 21 - King Christian I of Denmark and Norway (born 1426)
- August 23 - Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (born c1407)
- August 28 - King Afonso V of Portugal (born 1432)
- November 19 - Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (born 1472)
- date unknown
- Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
- Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, titular King of Naples (born 1436)
- Jean Fouquet, French painter (born 1420)
- Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (born 1394)
- Mary Woodville, English noblewoman (born c. 1454)
- Erik Axelsson Tott, regent of Sweden (born 1415)af:1481
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