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)