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1485

Year 1485 was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar ).

EVENTS OF 1485

June 1 - Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III ) and makes the city his Capital .

August 5 - 7 - First outbreak of Sweating Sickness in England begins.

August 22 - Battle Of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III Of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor , Earl Of Richmond . Richard dies in battle and Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII Of England .

September 12 - Muscovian forces take hold of Tver .

IN FICTION

In Blackadder -

--- August 21 - The first Baldrick/Blackadder servancy begins.

--- August 22 - Richard III wins the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be killed by Edmund Blackadder . Henry VII escapes and Richard IV becomes King.

BIRTHS

June 24 - Johannes Bugenhagen , German religious reformer (died 1558 )

October 1 - Johannes Dantiscus , Polish poet and bishop (died 1548 )

December 16 - Catherine Of Aragon , queen of Henry VIII Of England (died 1536 )

''date unknown''

--- Hernán Cortés , Spanish conquistador (died 1547 )

--- Odet De Foix, Vicomte De Lautrec , French military leader (died 1528 )

--- Giovanni Da Verrazzano , Italian explorer (approximate date; died c. 1528 )

''probable''

--- Hugh Aston , English composer (died 1558 )

--- Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl Of Essex , English statesman (died 1540 )

--- Clément Janequin , French chanson composer

--- Sebastiano Del Piombo , Italian painter (died 1547 )

--- John Russell, 1st Earl Of Bedford , English royal minister (died 1555 )

DEATHS

February 28 - Niclas, Graf Von Abensberg , German soldier (born 1441 )

March 16 - Anne Neville , queen of Richard III Of England (born 1456 )

August 7 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke Of Albany , Scottish prince (born c 1454 )

August 22

---King Richard III Of England (killed in battle) (born 1452 )

--- John Howard, 1st Duke Of Norfolk (killed in battle) (born 1430 )

--- Richard Ratcliffe , supporter of Richard III (killed in battle)

--- William Brandon , supporter of Henry VII (killed in battle) (born 1426 )

August - William Catesby , supporter of Richard III (executed) (born 1450 )

October 17 - John Scott Of Scott's Hall , Warden of the Cinque Ports

October 28 - Rodolphus Agricola , Dutch scholar (born 1443 )

November 4 - Françoise D'Amboise , Duchess of Brittany (born 1427 )