1482
| Years: 1479 1480 1481 – 1482 – 1483 1484 1485 | |
| Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s – 1480s – 1490s 1500s 1510s | |
| Centuries: 14th century – 15th century – 16th century | |
Events
- Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina 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
- Fictive date of Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Births
Deaths
- March 27 – Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1457)
- Luca Della Robbia, Italian sculptor (b. 1400)
- Diogo Gomez
- Hugo van der Goes, Flemish artist
- Sir John Lindsay of the Byres
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