1486

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)