1482

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s
Years:	1479 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485

1482 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1482 MCDLXXXII
Ab urbe condita	2235
Armenian calendar	931 ԹՎ ՋԼԱ
Assyrian calendar	6232
Balinese saka calendar	1403–1404
Bengali calendar	889
Berber calendar	2432
English Regnal year	21 Edw. 4 – 22 Edw. 4
Buddhist calendar	2026
Burmese calendar	844
Byzantine calendar	6990–6991
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4179 or 3972     — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4180 or 3973
Coptic calendar	1198–1199
Discordian calendar	2648
Ethiopian calendar	1474–1475
Hebrew calendar	5242–5243
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1538–1539
- Shaka Samvat	1403–1404
- Kali Yuga	4582–4583
Holocene calendar	11482
Igbo calendar	482–483
Iranian calendar	860–861
Islamic calendar	886–887
Japanese calendar	Bunmei 14 (文明１４年)
Javanese calendar	1398–1399
Julian calendar	1482 MCDLXXXII
Korean calendar	3815
Minguo calendar	430 before ROC 民前430年
Nanakshahi calendar	14
Thai solar calendar	2024–2025
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1608 or 1227 or 455     — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1609 or 1228 or 456

Year 1482 (MCDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• March 22 – Pope Sixtus IV in a special bulla grants self-government rights to the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno.
• March 27 – Death of Mary of Burgundy triggers the first of the Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria.
• August 1 – Anglo-Scottish Wars: Richard, Duke of Gloucester invades Scotland and captures Edinburgh.
• August 24 – Capture of Berwick: Scots surrender the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed to Richard, ending his campaign.

Undated

• The Portuguese erect the Fort of Sao Jorge de Mina (Fort Elmina) near the mouth of the River Benya on the Gold Coast.
• Tizoc rules the Aztecs.
• Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo.
• Ivan III renounces the Mongol Khanate rule over Russia.
• Johann Reuchlin visits Florence and meets Marsilio Ficino.
• Johannes Trithemius becomes a novice at the abbey of St. Martin at Sponheim in the diocese of Mainz.

• First printed edition of Euclid's Elements, in Latin translation.
• Schreierstoren is erected in Amsterdam, where Henry Hudson set sail on April 4, 1609, on the vessel Halve Maen to bring him to the harbor of New York and the Hudson River.

Births

• March 7
  • Fray Thomas de San Martín, founder of the National University of San Marcos in Lima (d. 1555)
  • Tomás de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1552–1559) (d. 1559)
• June 29 – Maria of Aragon, Queen of Manuel I of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1517)
• July 7 – Andrzej Krzycki, Polish archbishop (d. 1537)
• August 23 – Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher (d. 1520)
• October 7 – Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1553)
• October 18 – Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1538)
• December 9 – Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1544–1556) (d. 1556)
• date unknown
  • Richard Aertsz, Dutch historical painter (d. 1577)
  • Leo Jud, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1542)
  • Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (d. 1531)
  • Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet (d. 1511)
  • Cho Kwangjo, Korean scholar (d. 1519)
• probable
  • Bernardino Luini, Italian painter (d. 1532)
  • Richard Pace, English diplomat (d. 1537)

Deaths

• March 27 – Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1457)
• May 10 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
• August 25 – Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)
• September 10 – Federico da Montefeltro, Italian mercenary (b. 1422)
• September 17 – William III, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1430)
• September 22 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1465)
• date unknown – Hugo van der Goes, Flemish artist (b. c. 1440)

In fiction

• In Doctor Who, 1482 was a hard year that was full of glitches, as said by the Doctor.
• Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame takes place in this year.