1486

Year '1486' was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).

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Events of 1486

Births

Deaths

Events of 1486

★ January 18 - marriage of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York 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.

Births

★ January 6 - Martin Agricola, German composer and music theorist (died 1556)

★ July 2 - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (died 1570)

★ August 23 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (died 1566)

★ September 14 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German astrologer and alchemist (died 1535)

★ September 20 - Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII of England (died 1502)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Indian ascetic and monk (died 1534)

★ ''probable''

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★ Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (died 1535)

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★ Ludwig Senfl, Swiss composer (died 1542 or 1543)

Deaths

★ March 11 - Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (born 1414)

★ March 30 - Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England (born c1404)

★ May 11 - William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (born 1395)

★ July 14 - Margaret of Denmark, daughter of Christian I of Denmark (born 1456)

★ September 19 - Richard Oldham, English cleric

★ ''date unknown'' - Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (poisoned)

★ ''probable'' - Aristotile Fioravanti, Italian architect and engineer (approximate date; born c. 1415)