Year 1485 (MCDLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar). Events of 1485 June 1 – Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frederick III) and makes the city his capital. August 5–7 – The first outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins. August 22 – The Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of Engl… (More on 1485) |