1483

Year '1483' was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).

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Events of 1483

Births

Deaths

Events of 1483

★ The São Tomé settlement is founded.

★ April 9 - Edward V becomes King of England.

★ April 30 - Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503.

★ April - King Edward V of England and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York reside in the Tower of London. Later this year rumors of their murders start circulating. By December the rumors have reached France. This is the beginning of the mystery concerning the fates of the two Princes in the Tower.

★ May 14 - Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable").

★ June 13 - Execution of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, the first recorded execution at the Tower of London.

★ June 25 - Before his coronation King Edward V of England is deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who becomes King as Richard III of England.

★ July 6 - Richard III crowned king of England.

★ August 9 - Opening of the Sistine Chapel.

★ October - A rebellion by the Duke of Buckingham is crushed by Richard III.

★ Isaac Abravanel flees Portugal after being implicated in a plot against the king.

Births

★ January 12 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, Baron of Breda (died 1538)

★ February 14 - Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder of the Moghul dynasty (died 1530)

★ March 6 - Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian (died 1540)

★ April 6 - Rafael, Italian painter and architect (died 1520)

★ October 16 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (died 1542)

★ November 10 - Martin Luther, German monk and Protestant reformer (died 1546)

★ December 3 - Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, German Protestant reformer (died 1565)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Cacamatzin, Aztec ruler (died 1520)

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★ Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (died 1559)

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★ Chen Chun, Chinese painter (died 1544)

Deaths

★ April 4 - Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (born c.1405)

★ February 27 - William VIII of Montferrat (born 1420)

★ April 9 - King Edward IV of England (born 1442)

★ June 13 - Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (executed) (born 1458)

★ June 25 - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (executed) (born 1442)

★ June (date uncertain) - William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (executed) (born 1431)

★ August 30 - King Louis XI of France (born 1423)

★ November 2 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (born 1454)

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★ George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (born 1457)

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★ Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (born 1425)