1485

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Years: 1482 1483 1484 - 1485 - 1486 1487 1488

Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Contents 1 Events 2 In fiction 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• August 5-7 - First outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins
• August 22 - Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Richard dies in battle and Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England.

In fiction

• In Blackadder -
  • August 21 - The first Baldrick/Blackadder servancy begins.
  • August 22 - Richard III wins the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be killed by Edmund Blackadder. Henry VII escapes and Richard IV becomes King.

Births

• June 24 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German religious reformer (died 1558)
• December 16 - Catherine of Aragon, queen of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)
• Leo Africanus, Spanish writer on Africa (died 1554)
• Hugh Aston, English composer (approximate date; died 1558)
• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, English royal minister (died 1555)
• Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador (died 1547)
• Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (approximate date; died 1540)
• Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and bishop (died 1548)
• Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (died 1528)
• Clément Janequin, French chanson composer (approximate date)
• Pierre Moulu, French composer (died c. 1550)
• Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (died 1547)
• Francisco de Sa de Miranda, Portuguese poet (died 1558)
• Giovanni da Verrazano, Italian explorer (approximate date; died c. 1528)

Deaths

• February 28 - Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (born 1441)
• March 16 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (born 1456)
• August 7 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, English prince
• August 22 - King Richard III of England (killed in battle) (born 1452)
• August 22 - John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (born 1430)
• August 22 - William Brandon, English soldier (born 1426)
• October 28 - Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar (born 1443)
• William Catesby, supporter of Richard III of England (born 1450)
• Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III of England
• John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Portsaf:1485

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