1482

January–December

• January 19 - A Portuguese fleet, commanded by Diogo de Azambuja, arrives at the mouth of the River Benya on the Gold Coast, where the fort of São Jorge da Mina is erected.
• February 28 -The village of Alhama de Granada in Spain is taken by Christian forces, starting the Granada War to expel the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula back to Africa.
• February - Johann Reuchlin leaves Stuttgart to visit Florence where he meets Marsilio Ficino.
• March 22 - Pope Sixtus IV, in a special bulla, grants self-government rights to the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno.
• March 27 - The death of Mary of Burgundy triggers the first of the Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria.
• April 3 - Symeon I succeeds Maximus III as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• August 1 - Anglo-Scottish Wars: Richard, Duke of Gloucester invades Scotland, and captures Edinburgh.
• August 24 - Capture of Berwick: The Scots surrender the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed to Richard, ending his campaign.
• c. August - Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to enter the Congo.
• December 23 - Treaty of Arras divides the Burgundian Netherlands between King Louis XI of France and Archduke Maximilian I of Habsburg.

  Date unknown

• Ivan III renounces the Mongol Khanate rule over Russia.
• Johannes Trithemius becomes a novice, at the abbey of St. Martin at Sponheim, in the Diocese of Mainz.
• The first edition of Euclid's Elements is printed, by German printer Erhard Ratdolt in Venice, incorporating geometric diagrams.
• Schreierstoren is erected in Amsterdam.

  Births

• March 7 - Fray Thomas de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop
• June 29 - Maria of Aragon, Queen of Manuel I of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile
• July 7 - Andrzej Krzycki, Polish archbishop
• August 23 - Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher
• October 7 - Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
• October 18 - Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
• December 9 - Frederick II, Elector Palatine
• date unknown
• *Richard Aertsz, Dutch historical painter
• * Eufrasia Burlamacchi, Italian nun and manuscipt illumination artist
• *Leo Jud, Swiss religious reformer
• *Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer
• *Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet
• *Cho Kwangjo, Korean scholar
• probable
• * Bernardino Luini, Italian painter
• * Richard Pace, English diplomat

  Deaths

• March 25 - Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Italian writer, adviser and spouse of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
• March 27 - Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
• May 10 - Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer
• May 23 - Mary of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England
• August 15 - William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg
• August 25 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England
• August 29 - Queen Yun, Korean Queen
• September 10 - Federico da Montefeltro, Italian mercenary
• September 17 - William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Duke of Luxembourg
• September 22 - Philibert I, Duke of Savoy
• date unknown - Hugo van der Goes, Flemish artist

  In fiction

• In Doctor Who, the Doctor states that 1482 is a hard year to time travel to, as it is full of glitches.
• Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame takes place in this year.