1485 1485 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar .Events January–December Spring - Multiple earthquakes occur near Taishan, China . March 16 - A solar eclipse crosses northern South America and Central Europe . June 1 - Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna , in his conquest of Austria , and makes the city his capital . August 5-August 7 - The first outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins. August 22 - Battle of Bosworth: King Richard III of England is defeated by Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond ; Richard dies in battle, and Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England . September 12 - Muscovian forces conquer Tver . September 15 - Peter Arbues is assaulted while praying in the cathedral at Zaragoza , Spain ; he dies on September 17. He had been appointed Inquisitor of Aragon by the Inquisitor General, Tomás de Torquemada , in the campaign against heresy and crypto-Judaism. October 30 - King Henry VII of England is crowned. November 2 - The Peace of Bourges stops the Mad War .Date unknown Leon Battista Alberti's De Re Aedificatoria becomes the first printed work on architecture. From about this date, Leonardo da Vinci produces a number of designs for flying machines , including the :File:Leonardo da Vinci helicopter .jpg|aerial screw or helicopter. Births March 10 - Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach , German princess April 26 - Sibylle of Baden , Countess consort of Hanau-Lichtenberg June 20 - Astorre III Manfredi , Italian noble June 24 * Johannes Bugenhagen , German religious reformer * Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg July 20 - Giovanni Battista Ramusio , Italian geographer August 22 - Beatus Rhenanus , German humanist and religious reformer September 14 - Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Mecklenburgian royal October 1 - Johannes Dantiscus , Polish poet and bishop October 8 - Antonio Pucci , Italian Catholic cardinal November 30 - Veronica Gambara , Italian poet and stateswoman December 16 - Catherine of Aragon , first queen of Henry VIII of England , and daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile date unknown * Hernán Cortés , Spanish conquistador * Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec , French military leader * Johanna von Hachberg-Sausenberg , Swiss ruler * Giovanni da Verrazzano , Italian explorer probable * Hugh Aston , English composer * Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex , English statesman * Clément Janequin , French chanson composer * Sayyida al Hurra , Moroccan pirate queen * Sebastiano del Piombo , Italian painter * John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford , English royal ministerDeaths January 20 - Eustochia Smeralda Calafato , Italian saint February 28 - Niclas, Graf von Abensberg , German soldier March 16 - Anne Neville , queen of Richard III of England August 7 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany , Scottish prince August 15 - Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen August 22 : * King Richard III of England * John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk * James Harrington , Yorkist knight * Richard Ratcliffe , supporter of Richard III * John Babington , High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests * Robert Brackenbury , English nobleman, courtier and supporter of Richard III * Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley , supporter of Richard III * William Brandon , supporter of Henry VII August 25 - William Catesby , supporter of Richard III October 17 - John Scott of Scott's Hall , Warden of the Cinque Ports October 27 - Rodolphus Agricola , Dutch scholar November 4 - Françoise d'Amboise , Duchess of Brittany Date unknown - Kristina Königsmarck , Swedish noblewoman.
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