1485

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Template:C15YearInTopicX Year 1485 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events of 1485 2 In fiction 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events of 1485

• June 1 - Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III) and makes the city his capital.
• August 5-7 - First outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins.
• August 22 - 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.

[edit] In fiction

• In Blackadder -
  • August 21 - The first Baldrick/Blackadder servancy begins.
  • August 22 - Richard III wins the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be killed by Edmund Blackadder. Henry VII escapes and Richard IV becomes King.

1485 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1485 MCDLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	2238
Armenian calendar	934 ԹՎ ՋԼԴ
Bahá'í calendar	-359 – -358
Buddhist calendar	2029
Coptic calendar	1201 – 1202
Ethiopian calendar	1477 – 1478
Hebrew calendar	5245 – 5246
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1540 – 1541
- 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)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2145 (皇紀2145年)
Julian calendar	1530
Korean calendar	3818
Thai solar calendar	2028
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[edit] Births

• June 24 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German religious reformer (died 1558)
• October 1 - Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and bishop (died 1548)
• December 16 - Catherine of Aragon, queen of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)
• date unknown
  • Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador (died 1547)
  • Odet de Foix, French military leader (died 1528)
  • Giovanni da Verrazzano, Italian explorer (approximate date; died c. 1528)
• probable
  • Hugh Aston, English composer (died 1558)
  • Thomas Cromwell, English statesman (died 1540)
  • Clément Janequin, French chanson composer
  • Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (died 1547)
  • John Russell, English royal minister (died 1555)

[edit] Deaths

• February 28 - Niclas, German soldier (born 1441)
• March 16 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (born 1456)
• August 7 - Alexander Stewart, Scottish prince (born c1454)
• August 22
  • King Richard III of England (killed in battle) (born 1452)
  • John Howard (killed in battle) (born 1430)
  • Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III (killed in battle)
  • William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (killed in battle) (born 1426)
• August - William Catesby, supporter of Richard III (executed) (born 1450)
• October 17 - John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
• October 28 - Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar (born 1443)
• November 4 - Françoise d'Amboise, Duchess of Brittany (born 1427)

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