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Heads of State
Year of the Water Snake癸巳( at the beginning of the year Water Dragon壬辰)
Syria: 1784/85 ( the year in October )
- Secured 2.1 Date of birth
- 2.2 Exact date of birth unknown
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- On July 12, the Uracher contract is signed, which defines the succession in the house of Württemberg.
- Nicolo Marcello is successor to the late Niccolò Tron as Doge of Venice.
Asia
- On 11 August, the Battle of Otlukbeli between Aq Qoyunlu and the Ottoman Empire takes place. The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror celebrating a significant victory against his opponent Uzun Hasan.
European voyages of discovery
- The Europeans come to the southern hemisphere before: A Portuguese expedition under the Navigator Lopes Gonçalves crosses on a trip along the west coast of Africa to the equator.
- A Danish- Portuguese expedition under Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real reached Greenland in the North Atlantic and possibly Newfoundland.
Economy
- The Fugger banking house gets its own coat of arms.
Science and Technology
- The University of Trier was founded.
Culture
- On August 5, Leonardo da Vinci signed his drawing of the Arno landscape. It is referred to as the first example of a pure Landscapes in European art.
Born
Secured birth
- July 2: Maria of Baden, Princess of Baden († 1519)
- August 14: Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, martyr († 1541)
- August 17: Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York and Norfolk
- SEPTEMBER 24: George of Frundsbergstrasse, German soldier and mercenary leader in imperial Habsburg services ( † 1528)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Arakida Moritake, Japanese Shinto priest and poet († 1549)
- Hans Burgkmair the Elder, German painter and draftsman († 1531)
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman and politician ( † 1554 )
Died
- JANUARY 24: Conrad Paumann, German musician (* 1409-1415 )
- January: Agnes of Baden, Duchess of Schleswig, Countess of Holstein and Baden Countess (* 1408 )
- April 3: Alessandro Sforza, ruler of Pesaro ( * 1409 )
- 28 June: Pierre d' Amboise, French aristocrat
- JUNE 28: John Talbot, English nobleman (* 1448 )