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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s |
| Years: | 1483 1484 1485 - 1486 - 1487 1488 1489 |
| 1486 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1486 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).
Events of 1486
- January 18 - King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York are married, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York after the Wars of the Roses.
- Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies. Some sources suggest that he was poisoned, others that he was the victim of "sorcery" or illness. He is succeeded by his brother Auitzotl.
- Sigismund, Archduke of Tyrol, issues Europe's first large silver coin, the guldengroschen. This coin later becomes the thaler.
| Gregorian calendar | 1486 MCDLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2239 |
| Armenian calendar | 935 ԹՎ ՋԼԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -358 – -357 |
| Berber calendar | 2436 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2030 |
| Burmese calendar | 848 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6994 – 6995 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十一月廿六日 (4122/4182-11-26) — to —
丙午年十二月初六日(4123/4183-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 1202 – 1203 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1478 – 1479 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5246 – 5247 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1541 – 1542 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1408 – 1409 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4587 – 4588 |
| Holocene calendar | 11486 |
| Iranian calendar | 864 – 865 |
| Islamic calendar | 890 – 891 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 18 (文明18年) |
| Korean calendar | 3819 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2029 |
Births
- January 6 - Martin Agricola, German composer and music theorist (d. 1556)
- July 2 - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1570)
- August 23 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (d. 1566)
- September 14 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German astrologer and alchemist (d. 1535)
- September 20 - Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII of England (d. 1502)
- date unknown
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Indian ascetic and monk (d. 1534)
- probable
- Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (d. 1535)
- Ludwig Senfl, Swiss composer (d. 1542 or 1543)
Deaths
- March 11 - Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (b. 1414)
- March 30 - Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England (b. c. 1404)
- May 11 - William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. 1395)
- July 14 - Margaret of Denmark, daughter of Christian I of Denmark (b. 1456)
- September 19 - Richard Oldham, English cleric
- date unknown - Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (poisoned)
- probable - Aristotile Fioravanti, Italian architect and engineer (approximate date; b. 1415)
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