1481
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s |
| Years: | 1478 1479 1480 - 1481 - 1482 1483 1484 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1481 MCDLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2234 |
| Armenian calendar | 930 ԹՎ ՋԼ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -363 – -362 |
| Berber calendar | 2431 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2025 |
| Burmese calendar | 843 |
| Chinese calendar | 4117/4177-12-2 (庚子年十二月初二日) — to —
4118/4178-12-11(辛丑年十二月十一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1197 – 1198 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1473 – 1474 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5241 – 5242 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1536 – 1537 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1403 – 1404 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4582 – 4583 |
| Holocene calendar | 11481 |
| Iranian calendar | 859 – 860 |
| Islamic calendar | 885 – 886 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 13 (文明13年) |
| Korean calendar | 3814 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2024 |
| 1481 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1481 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).
[edit] Events of 1481
- May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Bayezid II.
- May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513).
- December 26 - Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats the troops of Utrecht.
- With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou reverts to the French crown under Louis XI of France.
- Symeon I succeeds Maximus III as Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Fire destroys the roof and the spires of the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Rheims.
- The famous Aztec Calendar Stone or "Sun Stone" is carved.
- The Spanish Inquisition begins. It will continute to operate until 1820.
- The papal bull Aeterni regis grants all land south of the Canary Islands to Portugal.
- Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by his brother Tízoc.
- September 10 - Alphonso II of Naples recaptures the city of Otranto.
- John II of Portugal starts to rule.
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (d. 1511)
- March 2 - Franz von Sickingen, German knight (d. 1523)
- March 7 - Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)
- July 2 - King Christian II of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (d. 1559)
- date unknown
- probable
- Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (d. 1545)
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 - Akhmat Khan, khan of the Great Horde
- May 3 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
- May 21 - King Christian I of Denmark and Norway (b. 1426)
- August 23 - Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (b. c. 1407)
- August 28 - King Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432)
- November 19 - Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (b. 1472)
- date unknown
- Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
- Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, titular King of Naples (b. 1436)
- Jean Fouquet, French painter (b. 1420)
- Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (b. 1394)
- Mary Woodville, English noblewoman (b. c. 1454)
- Erik Axelsson Tott, regent of Sweden (b. 1415)
