1481 - Definition and Overview

Events

• May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II.
• May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513)
• With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted to the French crown under Louis XI of France.
• Change of Patriarch Maximus III (1476-1481) to Symeon I (1466, 1471-1474, 1481-1486)
• Fire destroyed the roof and the spires of the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Reims
• Tizoc, the Aztec ruler of the city of Tenochtitlán, rose to power
• Famous Aztec Calendar Stone or "Sun Stone" carved
• The Spanish Inquisition began (until 1820)
• Treaty of Tordesillas - The papal Bull Aeterni regis had granted all land south of the Canaries to Portugal.
• Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by his brother Tízoc.

Births

• January 15 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Ashikaga shogun
• July 1 - King Christian III of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Deaths

• May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway.
• August 28 - King Afonso V of Portugal
• Duke Charles IV of Anjou, titular King of Naples
• Jean Fouquet, French painter
• Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan.
• Erik Axelsson Tott, former Regent of Sweden.