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Year 1486 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).

Events of 1486

January 18 - King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York are married, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York after the Wars of the Roses.
Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies. Some sources suggest that he was poisoned, others that he was the victim of "sorcery" or illness. He is succeeded by his brother Auitzotl.
Sigismund, Archduke of Tyrol, issues Europe's first large silver coin, the guldengroschen. This coin later becomes the thaler.

Births

January 6 - Martin Agricola, German composer and music theorist (d. 1556)

July 2 - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1570)

August 23 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (d. 1566)

September 14 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German astrologer and alchemist (d. 1535)

September 20 - Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII of England (d. 1502)

date unknown

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Indian ascetic and monk (d. 1534)

probable

Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (d. 1535)
Ludwig Senfl, Swiss composer (d. 1542 or 1543)

Deaths

March 11 - Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (b. 1414)

March 30 - Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England (b. c. 1404)

May 11 - William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. 1395)

July 14 - Margaret of Denmark, daughter of Christian I of Denmark (b. 1456)

September 19 - Richard Oldham, English cleric

date unknown - Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (poisoned)

probable - Aristotile Fioravanti, Italian architect and engineer (approximate date; b. 1415)Further Information

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