Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1450s  1460s  1470s  - 1480s -  1490s  1500s  1510s
Years:	1483 1484 1485 - 1486 - 1487 1488 1489

1486 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1486 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).

Events of 1486

• January 18 - King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York are married, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York after the Wars of the Roses.
• Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies. Some sources suggest that he was poisoned, others that he was the victim of "sorcery" or illness. He is succeeded by his brother Auitzotl.
• Sigismund, Archduke of Tyrol, issues Europe's first large silver coin, the guldengroschen. This coin later becomes the thaler.

Births

• January 6 - Martin Agricola, German composer and music theorist (d. 1556)
• July 2 - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1570)
• August 23 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (d. 1566)
• September 14 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German astrologer and alchemist (d. 1535)
• September 20 - Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII of England (d. 1502)
• date unknown
  • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Indian ascetic and monk (d. 1534)
• probable
  • Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (d. 1535)
  • Ludwig Senfl, Swiss composer (d. 1542 or 1543)

Deaths

• March 11 - Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (b. 1414)
• March 30 - Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England (b. c. 1404)
• May 11 - William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. 1395)
• July 14 - Margaret of Denmark, daughter of Christian I of Denmark (b. 1456)
• September 19 - Richard Oldham, English cleric
• date unknown - Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (poisoned)
• probable - Aristotile Fioravanti, Italian architect and engineer (approximate date; b. 1415)