1482

Year 1482 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).

Events of 1482

* The Portuguese erect the Fort of Sao Jorge de Mina (Fort Elmina) near the mouth of the River Benya on the Gold Coast.
* Tizoc rules the Aztecs.
* Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo.
* Ivan III renounces the Mongol Khanate rule over Russia.

Births

* March 7 - Fray Thomas de San Martín, scholar (d. 1555)
* April - Georg Tannstetter, Austrian humanist (d. 1535)
*June 29 - Maria of Aragon, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1517)
*"date unknown"
**Richard Aertsz, Dutch historical painter (d. 1577)
**Leo Jud, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1542)
**Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (d. 1531)
**Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet (d. 1511)
**Cho Kwangjo, Korean scholar (d. 1519)
*"probable"
**Bernardino Luini, Italian painter (d. 1532)
**Richard Pace, English diplomat (d. 1536)

Deaths

* March 27 - Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1457)
* May 10 - Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
* August 25 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)
*September 10 - Federico da Montefeltro, Italian mercenary (b. 1422)
*September 17 - William III, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1430)
*September 22 - Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1465)
*"date unknown"
**Hugo van der Goes, Flemish artist (b. c. 1440)