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1486

Years: 1483 1484 1485 - 1486 - 1487 1488 1489

Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. He is succeeded by Auitzotl.
• Matthias Corvinus organizes first hussars
• Malleus Maleficarum
• Sigismund, Archduke of Tyrol, issues Europe's first large silver coin, the guldengroschen. This coin later becomes the thaler.

Births

• 20 September - Arthur Tudor (son of Henry VII of England).

Marriages

Deaths

• Thomas Bourchier, English archbishop, Lord Chancellor and cardinal.
• Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (poisoned).