1482

1482 (MCDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1482nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 482nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1480s decade. As of the start of 1482, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1450s  1460s  1470s  – 1480s –  1490s  1500s  1510s
Years:	1479 1480 1481 – 1482 – 1483 1484 1485

Events

• Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast
• Portuguese erect the Fort of Sao Jorge de Mina near the mouth of River Benya
• 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)