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

January–December

• January 19 – A Portuguese fleet, commanded by Diogo de Azambuja, arrives at the mouth of the River Benya on the Gold Coast, where the fort of São Jorge da Mina (Elmina Castle) is erected.
• January 25 – Probable first printing of the Torah, in Bologna.
• February 28 –The village of Alhama de Granada in Spain is taken by Christian forces, starting the Granada War to expel the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula.
• February – Johann Reuchlin leaves Stuttgart to visit Florence where he meets Marsilio Ficino.
• March 22 – Pope Sixtus IV, in a special bulla, grants self-government rights to the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno.
• March 27 – The death of Mary of Burgundy triggers the first of the Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria.
• April 3 – Symeon I succeeds Maximus III as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• c. August – Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão becomes the first European to enter the Congo.
• August 1 – Anglo-Scottish Wars: Richard, Duke of Gloucester invades Scotland, and captures Edinburgh.
• August 24 – Capture of Berwick: The Scots surrender the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed to Richard, ending his campaign.

• December 23 – Treaty of Arras divides the Burgundian Netherlands between King Louis XI of France and Archduke Maximilian I of Habsburg.

Date unknown

• Ivan III renounces the Mongol Khanate rule over Russia.
• Johannes Trithemius becomes a novice, at the abbey of St. Martin at Sponheim, in the Diocese of Mainz.
• The first edition of Euclid's Elements (Latin translation) is printed, by German printer Erhard Ratdolt in Venice, incorporating geometric diagrams.
• Schreierstoren is erected in Amsterdam (from which Henry Hudson will 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, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (d. 1555)
• 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)
  • Eufrasia Burlamacchi, Italian nun and manuscript illumination artist (d. 1548)
  • Leo Jud, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1542)
  • Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (d. 1531)
  • Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet (d. 1511)
• probable
  • Bernardino Luini, Italian painter (d. 1532)
  • Richard Pace, English diplomat (d. 1537)

Deaths

• March 25 – Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Italian writer, adviser and spouse of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (b. 1427)
• March 27 – Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1457)
• May 10 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
• May 23 – Mary of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England (b. 1467)
• August 15 – William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1428-1441) (b. 1406)
• August 25 – Queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (b. 1430)
• August 29 – Queen Yun, Korean Queen (b. 1455)
• September 10 – Federico da Montefeltro, Italian mercenary (b. 1422)
• September 17 – William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1425)
• 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, the Doctor states that 1482 is a hard year to time travel to, as it is full of glitches.
• Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame takes place in this year.