1485

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1450s  1460s  1470s  – 1480s –  1490s  1500s  1510s
Years:	1482 1483 1484 – 1485 – 1486 1487 1488

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1485 Media

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  Richard III of England is killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

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  Portrait of Hernán Cortés (1485-1547), 17th century. Found in the collection of Museo Naval de Madrid.

1485 (MCDLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1485th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 485th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 15th century, and the 6th year of the 1480s decade. As of the start of 1485, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• August 22 – Battle of Bosworth Field ends the War of the Roses, Henry VII becomes King of England.
• The first appearance of the sweating sickness in England.

Births

• 16 December – Catherine of Aragon, later first Queen-consort of King Henry VIII of England.
• Thomas Cromwell, English statesman (approximately).
• Hernán Cortés, conqueror of Mexico
• Clément Janequin, French chanson composer (approximate date)
• Hugh Aston, English composer (approximate date)
• Pierre Moulu, French composer (approximate date)

Deaths

• March 16 – Anne Neville, Queen consort of Richard III of England.
• 22 August – King Richard III of England.
• October 28 – Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar