1483

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s

Years: 1478 1479 1480 1481 1482 - 1483 - 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488

Events

• April 9 - Edward V becomes King of England.
• April - King Edward V of England and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York reside in the Tower of London. Later this year rumors of their murders start circulating. By December the rumors have reached France. This is the beginning of the mystery concerning the fates of the two Princes in the Tower.
• June 13 - Execution of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, the first recorded execution at the Tower of London.
• June 25 - Before his coronation King Edward V of England is deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who becomes King as Richard III of England.
• July 6 - Richard III crowned king of England.
• October - A rebellion by the Duke of Buckingham is crushed by Richard III

Births

• February 14 - Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder of the Moghul dynasty (+ 1530)
• April 6 - Rafael, Italian painter and architect (+ 1520)
• November 10 - Martin Luther, German Christian theologian and Augustinian monk, later Protestant founder of Lutheran Reformation.
• December 3 - Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, German Protestant reformer.
• Thomas Parr, according to his claims to be 152 years old in 1635 (uncorfirmed).

Deaths

• April 9 - King Edward IV of England.
• Deposed King Edward V of England, One of the two Princes in the Tower (unconfirmed).
• Richard, Duke of York, one of the two Princes in the Tower (unconfirmed).