In the year 1485, the first outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins (Aug 5), King Henry VII of England is crowned, becoming the first monarch of the House of Tudor (Oct 30), Leonardo da Vinci starts producing a number of designs for flying machines, Leon Battista Alberti’s De Re Aedificatoria (published posthumously) becomes the first printed work on architecture - and all these fine people were born:

1485-xxxx Giovanni da Verrazzano* Florentine explorer of North America - Val di Greve, Republic of Florence (1528/c.42)
1485-xxxx Hernán Cortés* Spanish Conquistador/leader of the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire - Medellin, Castile (1547/c.61)

1485-0624 Johannes Bugenhagen* religious reformer/pastor to Martin Luther - Wollin, Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire (1558/72)

1485-0720 Giovanni Battista Ramusio*  geographer/travel writer - Treviso, Republic of Venice (1557/71)

1485-0822 Beatus Rhenanus* German classical scholar/religious reformer/book collector - Schlettstadt, Alsace, Holy Roman Empire (1547/61)

1485-1008 Antonio Pucci* cardinal - Florence, Republic of Florence (1544/59)

1485-1130 Veronica Gambara* Italian poet/stateswoman/political leader - Pralboino, Lombardy (1550/64)

1485-1216 Catherine of Aragon* Queen of England (1509-1533) as the first wife of King Henry VIII - Alcalá de Henares, Castile, Spain (1536/50)

Updated 11.11.2021-1
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