Editing 1482

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1482''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 19]] &ndash; A [[Kingdom of Portugal|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]] &ndash; Probable first printing of the ''[[Torah]]'', in [[Bologna]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Sale 3587: Importants livres anciens, livres d'artistes et manuscrits|title=Lot 36: Bible, Pentateuch, in Hebrew - Hamishah humshe Torah, with paraphrase in Aramaic (Targum Onkelos) and commentary by Rashi (Solomon ben Isaac). Edited by Joseph Hayim ben Aaron Strasbourg Zarfati. Bologna: Abraham ben Hayim of Pesaro for Joseph ben Abraham Caravita, 5 Adar I [5] 242 = 25 January 1482|url=https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/bible-pentateuque-en-hebreu-hamishah-humshe-5786463-details.aspx|publisher=[[Christie's]]|location=Paris|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash;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]] &ndash; [[Johann Reuchlin]] leaves Stuttgart to visit [[Florence]] where he meets [[Marsilio Ficino]].
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Pope Sixtus IV]], in a special [[Papal bull|bull]], grants self-government rights to the Italian town of [[Ascoli Piceno]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/1999_2013/hm4_1_300/?lng=ja|title=Carlo Crivelli. Annunciation with St Emidius. From the collection of the National Gallery, London. From the series Masterpieces from museums of the world in the Hermitage|publisher=Hermitage Museum| access-date =26 June 2015}}</ref>
* [[March 27]] &ndash; The death of [[Mary of Burgundy]] triggers the first of the [[Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria]].
* [[April 3]] &ndash; Symeon I succeeds Maximus III as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]].
* c. [[August]] &ndash; [[Portugal|Portuguese]] navigator [[Diogo Cão]] becomes the first [[Europe]]an to enter the [[Congo (river)|Congo]].
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Scottish Wars]]: [[Richard III of England|Richard, Duke of Gloucester]] invades [[Scotland]], and captures [[Edinburgh]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=132–135|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Capture of Berwick (1482)|Capture of Berwick]]: The Scots surrender the border town of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] to Richard, ending his campaign.<ref name=CBH/>

* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Arras (1482)|Treaty of Arras]] divides the [[Burgundian Netherlands]] between King [[Louis XI of France]] and Archduke [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I of Habsburg]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Ivan III of Russia|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 ''[[Euclid's Elements|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).</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Fray Thomas de San Martín]], Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (d. [[1555]])
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Maria of Aragon (1482-1517)|Maria of Aragon]], Queen of [[Manuel I of Portugal]], daughter of [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Isabella I of Castile]] (d. [[1517]])
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Andrzej Krzycki]], Polish archbishop (d. [[1537]])
* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[Jo Gwang-jo]], Korean philosopher (d. [[1520]])
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach]] (d. [[1553]])
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (d. [[1538]])
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Lucrezia Tornabuoni]], Italian writer, adviser and spouse of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (b. [[1427]])
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Mary of Burgundy]], Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1457]])
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli]], Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. [[1397]])
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Mary of York]], daughter of King Edward IV of England (b. [[1467]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg]], Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1428-1441) (b. [[1406]])
* [[August 25]] &ndash; Queen [[Margaret of Anjou]], wife of [[Henry VI of England]] (b. [[1430]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret of Anjou {{!}} queen of England |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-of-Anjou-queen-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Deposed Queen Lady Yun|Queen Yun]], Korean Queen (b. [[1455]])
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Federico da Montefeltro]], Italian mercenary (b. [[1422]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[William III, Landgrave of Thuringia]], Duke of Luxembourg (b. [[1425]])
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Philibert I, Duke of Savoy]] (b. [[1465]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Hugo van der Goes]], Flemish artist (b. c. [[1440]])

== In fiction ==
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[Doctor (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.

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