1486 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. He is succeeded by Auitzotl.
• Matthias Corvinus organizes first hussars
• Malleus Maleficarum
• Sigismund, Archduke of Tyrol, issues Europe's first large silver coin, the guldengroschen. This coin later becomes the thaler.

Births

• 20 September - Arthur Tudor (son of Henry VII of England).
• 6 January - Martin Agricola, German composer and music theorist
• Ludwig Senfl, influential Swiss composer, active in Germany

Marriages

Deaths

• Thomas Bourchier, English archbishop, Lord Chancellor and cardinal.
• Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (poisoned).