1484
| Years: 1481 1482 1483 – 1484 – 1485 1486 1487 | |
| Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s – 1480s – 1490s 1500s 1510s | |
| Centuries: 14th century – 15th century – 16th century | |
Events
- July 6 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River
- December 5 – Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and witches in Germany with the lead of Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger
- First cuirassier units (kyrissers) formed in Austria
Births
- January 1 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss reformer (d. 1531)
- Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian humanist scholar (d. 1558)
Deaths
- August 12 – Pope Sixtus IV (b. 1414)
- John of Kolno, Polish navigator (b. 1435)
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