1481
Year 1481 (MCDLXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).
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| 1481 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1481 MCDLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2234 |
| Armenian calendar | 930 ԹՎ ՋԼ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6231 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1402–1403 |
| Bengali calendar | 888 |
| Berber calendar | 2431 |
| English Regnal year | 20 Edw. 4 – 21 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2025 |
| Burmese calendar | 843 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6989–6990 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4177 or 4117 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4178 or 4118 |
| Coptic calendar | 1197–1198 |
| Discordian calendar | 2647 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1473–1474 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5241–5242 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1537–1538 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1402–1403 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4581–4582 |
| Holocene calendar | 11481 |
| Igbo calendar | 481–482 |
| Iranian calendar | 859–860 |
| Islamic calendar | 885–886 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 13 (文明１３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1397–1398 |
| Julian calendar | 1481 MCDLXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3814 |
| Minguo calendar | 431 before ROC 民前431年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 13 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2023–2024 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1607 or 1226 or 454 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1608 or 1227 or 455 |
Events
January–December
- May 3
- The 1481 Rhodes earthquake, the largest of a series, strikes the island of Rhodes, causing an estimated 30,000 casualties.
- Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son, Bayezid II.[1]
- May 21 – Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway, dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481–1513).[2]
- June 21 – The papal bull Aeterni Regis grants all land south of the Canary Islands to Portugal.[3]
- July 24 – Fire destroys the roof and the spires of Reims Cathedral.
- August 29 – John II of Portugal starts to rule in his own right.
- September 10 – Alphonso II of Naples recaptures the city of Otranto.
- December 10 – With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou reverts to the French crown under Louis XI of France.
- December 26 – Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats the troops of Utrecht.[4]
Date unknown
- The Constitució de l'Observança is approved by the Catalan Courts, establishing the submission of royal power to the laws of the Principality of Catalonia.
- Ludovico Sforza emerges as Regent of Milan (until 1499).
- Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by his brother Tízoc.
- The Aztec Calendar Stone or Sun Stone is carved.
- Fribourg and Solothurn become Cantons of Switzerland.
Births
- January 15 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (d. 1511)
- March 2 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (d. 1523)
- March 7 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1536)
- May 3 – Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez, Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (d. 1534)
- May 14 – Ruprecht of the Palatinate, German bishop (d. 1504)
- July 1 – King Christian II of Denmark, Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union (d. 1559)[5]
- August 21 – Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (d. 1550)
- August 28 – Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet (d. 1558)[6]
- November 11 – Christoph von Scheurl, German writer (d. 1542)
- December 18 – Sophie of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Saxony (d. 1503)
- December 27 – Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Margrave of Bayreuth (d. 1527)
- date unknown
- Yan Song, Chinese prime minister (d. 1568)
- Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (d. 1545)
- Imperia La Divina, Roman courtesan (d. 1512)
Deaths
- January 6 – Akhmat Khan, khan of the Great Horde
- April 30 – Ichijō Kaneyoshi, Japanese court noble (b. 1402)
- May 3 – Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
- May – Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman (Turkish) grand vizier
- May 21 – King Christian I of Denmark and Norway (b. 1426)[5]
- August 23 – Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (b. c. 1407)
- August 28 – King Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432)[7]
- September 3 – Amalie of Brandenburg, Countess Palatine and Duchess of Zweibruecken and Veldenz (b. 1461)
- September 5 – John I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1419)
- November 19 – Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (b. 1472)
- date unknown
- Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (b. c. 1449)[8]
- Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, titular King of Naples (b. 1436)
- Jean Fouquet, French painter (b. 1420)
- Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (b. 1394)
- Mary Woodville, English noblewoman (b. c. 1454)
- Erik Axelsson Tott, regent of Sweden (b. 1415)
References
- "Mehmed II | Ottoman sultan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- "Christian I | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- Phillips, William D.; Phillips, Carla Rahn (February 27, 1993). The Worlds of Christopher Columbus. Cambridge University Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780521446525.
- André Tourneux; Joost vander Auwera; Jacques Paviot (2001). Interpreting the Universe as Creation (in Dutch). Peeters Publishers. p. 177. ISBN 978-90-429-1052-2.
- The Encyclopedia Americana: Cathedrals-Civil War. Grolier. 2000. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-7172-0133-4.
- Lilia Moritz Schwarcz; Paulo Cesar de Azevedo (2003). O livro dos livros da Real Biblioteca (in Portuguese). Ministério da Cultura, Fundação Biblioteca Nacional. p. 309. ISBN 978-85-85023-88-1.
- Kenneth Meyer Setton (1976). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571. American Philosophical Society. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9.
- "Axayácatl, "El de la máscara de agua" (1469-1481)" [Axayácatl,, "He with the Water Mask"]. Arqueologia Mexicana (in Spanish). July 6, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
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