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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1484''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 1484th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 484th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the [[15th century]], and the 5th year of the [[1480s]] decade.

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[William Caxton]], the first [[Printer (publishing)|printer]] of books in [[English language|English]], prints his translation of ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'' in London. 
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Charles VIII of France]] (''Charles l'Affable'') is crowned. 
* [[June 22]] &ndash; The first known book printed by a woman, [[Anna Rügerin]], is an edition of [[Eike of Repgow]]'s compendium of customary law, the ''[[Sachsenspiegel]]'', produced in [[Augsburg]].
* [[July 6]] &ndash; Portuguese sea captain [[Diogo Cão]] finds the mouth of the [[Congo River]].
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lochmaben Fair]]: A 500-man raiding party led by [[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany]], and [[James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas]], is defeated by forces loyal to Albany's brother [[James III of Scotland]]; Douglas is captured.
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VIII]] succeeds [[Pope Sixtus IV]], as the 213th pope.
* [[September 21]] &ndash; Treaty of Nottingham: A three-year truce between the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] is signed.
* [[December 5]] &ndash; Pope Innocent VIII issues the [[Papal bull]] ''[[Summis desiderantes affectibus]]'', giving the [[Inquisition]] a mission to hunt [[heresy|heretics]] and [[witch-hunt|witches]] in Germany, led by [[Heinrich Kramer]] and [[Jacob Sprenger]].

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* The first [[sugar]] mill becomes operational in the [[Gran Canaria]].
* The first [[cuirassier]] units ({{Lang|de|kyrissers}}) are formed in Austria.
* The King of Portugal appoints a commission of mathematicians to perfect tables, to help seamen find their [[latitude]].
* [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I, Duke of Burgundy]], orders foreign merchants to leave [[Bruges]]. Most merchants move to [[Antwerp]], greatly contributing to its growth as an international trading center.
* [[Battle of Leitzersdorf]]: The [[Army of the Holy Roman Empire|Imperial Army]] of [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor]] is defeated by the Hungarians.
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== Births ==
[[File:Ulrich-Zwingli-1.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Huldrych Zwingli]]]]
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Huldrych Zwingli]], Swiss religious reformer (d. [[1531]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Edward J. Furcha|author2=McGill University. Faculty of Religious Studies|title=Huldrych Zwingli, 1484-1531: A Legacy of Radical Reform : Papers from the 1984 International Zwingli Symposium, McGill University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wksXAAAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University|isbn=978-0-7717-0124-5|page=viii}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[George Spalatin]], German religious reformer (d. [[1545]])
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg]] (1499–1535) (d. [[1535]])
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (d. [[1543]])
* [[April 12]]
** [[Rana Sanga|Maharana Sangram Singh]], Rana of Mewar (d. [[1528]])
** [[Antonio da Sangallo the Younger]], Italian architect (d. [[1546]])
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Julius Caesar Scaliger]], Italian humanist scholar (d. [[1558]])
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Bartholomeus V. Welser]], German banker (d. [[1561]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Ottaviano de' Medici]], Italian politician (d. [[1546]])
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Joachim Vadian]], Swiss humanist and reformer (d. [[1551]])
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Paul Speratus]], German Lutheran (d. [[1551]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Hosokawa Takakuni]], Japanese military commander (d. [[1531]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Luisa de Medrano]], Spanish scholar  (d. [[1527]])
*''date unknown &ndash;'' [[Purandara Dasa]], Indian composer and saint (d. [[1564]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Saint Casimir]], Prince of Poland (b. [[1458]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Rosemary Guiley|title=The Encyclopedia of Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABkgU0GOBbcC&pg=PA62|year=2001|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-3026-2|pages=62}}</ref>
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony]] (b. [[1443]])
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales]] (b. c. 1473)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Williamson|title=The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ilavaQqRjqsC|year=2003|publisher=Barnes & Noble Books|isbn=978-0-7607-4678-3|page=57}}</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Adalbert of Saxony]], Administrator of Mainz (1482–1484) (b. [[1467]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Mino da Fiesole]], Italian sculptor (b. c. [[1429]])
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua]] (1478–1484) (b. [[1441]])
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Pope Sixtus IV]] (b. [[1414]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Sixtus IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sixtus-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Ippolita Maria Sforza]], Italian noble (b. [[1446]])
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex]] (b. [[1409]])
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Premislav of Tost]], Silesian ruler (b. [[1425]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness]] (b. [[1410]])
** [[Luigi Pulci]], Italian poet (b. [[1432]])
** [[Barbara von Ottenheim]], German sculpture model (b. [[1430]])

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