Events of 1482

• The Portuguese erect the Fort of Sao Jorge de Mina (Fort Elmina) near the mouth of the River Benya on the Gold Coast.

• Tizoc rules the Aztecs.

• Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo.

• Ivan III renounces the Mongol Khanate rule over Russia.

• The Kingdom of England captures Berwick from the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in the only permanent change to the Anglo-Scottish border from the signing of the Treaty of York in 1237 to the present day.

Births

• March 7 – Fray Thomas de San Martín, scholar (d. 1555)

• April – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian humanist (d. 1535)

• June 29 – Maria of Aragon, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1517)

• date unknown

• *Richard Aertsz, Dutch historical painter (d. 1577)

• *Leo Jud, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1542)

• *Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (d. 1531)

• *Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet (d. 1511)

• *Cho Kwangjo, Korean scholar (d. 1519)

• probable

• *Bernardino Luini, Italian painter (d. 1532)

• *Richard Pace, English diplomat (d. 1537)

Deaths

• March 27 – Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1457)

• May 10 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)

• August 25 – Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)

• September 10 – Federico da Montefeltro, Italian mercenary (b. 1422)

• September 17 – William III, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1430)

• September 22 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1465)

• date unknown

• *Hugo van der Goes, Flemish artist (b. c. 1440)