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| Gregorian calendar | 1483 MCDLXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2236 |
| Armenian calendar | 932 ԹՎ ՋԼԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6233 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1404–1405 |
| Bengali calendar | 889–890 |
| Berber calendar | 2433 |
| English Regnal year | 22 Edw. 4 – 1 Ric. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2027 |
| Burmese calendar | 845 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6991–6992 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4180 or 3973 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4181 or 3974 |
| Coptic calendar | 1199–1200 |
| Discordian calendar | 2649 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1475–1476 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5243–5244 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1539–1540 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1404–1405 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4583–4584 |
| Holocene calendar | 11483 |
| Igbo calendar | 483–484 |
| Iranian calendar | 861–862 |
| Islamic calendar | 887–888 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 15 (文明１５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1399–1400 |
| Julian calendar | 1483 MCDLXXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3816 |
| Minguo calendar | 429 before ROC 民前429年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 15 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2025–2026 |
| Tibetan calendar | ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Water-Tiger) 1609 or 1228 or 456 — to — ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Water-Hare) 1610 or 1229 or 457 |
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Year 1483 (MCDLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- January 1 – The Jews are expelled from Andalusia.
- February 11 – The General Council of the Inquisition is created in Spain.
- April 9 – Edward V becomes King of England.
- April 29 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, a very important step in the expansion of Spain.
- April 30 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503, according to modern orbital calculations.
- April – King Edward V and his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, reside in the Tower of London. Later this year, rumours 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.
- June 13 – William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, is executed, in the first recorded execution at the Tower of London.
- June 20 – The powerful Duke Fernando II of Braganza is executed in Portugal, followed by more than 80 other noblemen, for his plot against the royal crown.
- June 25 – Before his coronation, King Edward V is deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who becomes King as Richard III of England.
- July 6 – Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned king and Queen of England, at Westminster Abbey.[1]
- July 20 – John of Denmark is crowned King of Norway.
- August 15 – The Sistine Chapel opens in the Apostolic Palace in Rome.
- September 3 – The Princes in the Tower, uncrowned 12-year-old Edward V and his 10-year-old brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, are perhaps murdered this night in the Tower of London.[2]
- October – A rebellion by the Duke of Buckingham is crushed by Richard III of England.
- October 29 – Battle of Una: Forces of the Kingdom of Croatia defeat the army of the Ottoman Empire.
Date unknown
- 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 and statesman (d. 1540)
- April 6 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)[3]
- April 19 – Paolo Giovio, Italian bishop (d. 1552)
- July 20 – Wang Gen, Chinese philosopher (d. 1541)
- September 3 – Eric II, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1508)
- October 16 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)
- October 26 – Hans Buchner, German Renaissance composer (d. 1538)
- November 10 – Martin Luther, German monk and Protestant reformer (d. 1546)[4]
- November 16 – Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse, German noble (d. 1522)
- December 3 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. 1565)
- date unknown
- Thomas Parr, Englishman, alleged oldest living man (d. 1635)
- Cacamatzin, Aztec ruler (d. 1520)
- Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (d. 1559)
- Chen Chun, Chinese painter (d. 1544)
- Felice della Rovere, also known as Madonna Felice, the illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (d. 1536)
- Andrea Navagero, Venetian diplomat and writer (d. 1529)
Deaths
- January 19 – William IV, Lord of Egmont, IJsselstein, Schoonderwoerd and Haastrecht and Stadtholder of Guelders (b. 1412)
- February 27 – William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1420)
- March 23 – Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1428)
- April 4 – Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405)
- April 9 – King Edward IV of England (b. 1442)[5]
- April 24 – Margaret of Bourbon, French noble (b. 1438)
- May 4 – George Neville, Duke of Bedford, English dispossessed nobleman (b. 1465)
- May 6 – Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (b. 1418)
- June 13 – William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (executed; b. 1431)
- June 25
- July 4 – Costanzo I Sforza, Italian condottiero (b. 1447)
- August 30 – King Louis XI of France (b. 1423)[6]
- November 2 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1454)
- December 1 – Charlotte of Savoy, French queen (b. 1441)
- date unknown
References
- ^ "Anne Neville, wife of Richard III". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ Weir, Alison. The Princes in the Tower. p. 157.
- ^ Alexander Langkals (2004). Raphael. Prestel. p. 6. ISBN 978-3-7913-3199-7.
- ^ John D. Woodbridge; David F. Wright (2005). The Baker History of the Church. Baker Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-8010-1277-8.
- ^ Charles Phillips (2006). The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Britain. Hermes House. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-681-45961-8.
- ^ David Potter (February 13, 2003). War and Government in the French Provinces. Cambridge University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-521-89300-8.