1483
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Year 1483 (MCDLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).
Events of 1483
- January 1 – Jews are expelled from Andalusia.
- February 11 – Creation of the General Council of Inquisition in Spain.
- April 9 – Edward V becomes King of England.
- April 29: Gran Canaria, the main of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, very important step in the expansion of Spain.
- 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 – Charles VIII of France (Charles l'Affable) is crowned.
- June 13 – William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, is executed, in the first recorded execution at the Tower of London.
- June 20 – The powerful Fernando II, Duke of Braganza is executed in Portugal, followed by more than 80 other noblemen, for his plot again the Royal crown.
- 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 is crowned king of England.
- July 20 – John of Denmark is crowned King of Norway.
- August 9 – The Sistine Chapel opens.
- Sept 3 – Evidence cited by Alison Weir in "The Princes of the Tower" (p.157) indicate that Edward V and his brother, Richard, Duke of York were murdered this night.
- 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.
- The Prince of Moscow builds the fortress of Ivangorod facing Narva.
- Giovanni Bellini is named official painter of the Republic of Venice.
- Flavio Biondo publishes his Historiarum ab inclinatione romanorum imperii.
Births
- January 12 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda, Baron of Breda (d. 1538)
- February 14 – Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder of the Moghul dynasty (d. 1530)
- March 6 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian (d. 1540)
- April 6 – Rafael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
- October 16 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)
- November 10 – Martin Luther, German monk and Protestant reformer (d. 1546)
- December 3 – Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, German Protestant reformer (d. 1565)
- date unknown
- Thomas Parr, alleged oldest living man (d. 1635)
- Cacamatzin, Aztec ruler (d. 1520)
- Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (d. 1559)
- Chen Chun, Chinese painter (d. 1544)
- Fuzuli, poet (d. 1556)
Deaths