1480s
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Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s
Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489
[edit] Events
- War of the Roses in England.
- Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal sails around Africa and on to India.
- Spanish Inquistion begins.
[edit] Births
- Martin Luther, German monk and reformer
- Rafael, Italian painter and architect
- Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss religious reformer
- Catherine of Aragon, queen of Henry VIII of England