1485 in literature

Events

• William Grocyn becomes prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral.

Works

• Leon Battista Alberti - De Re Aedificatoria (first printed book on architecture)
• Joseph Albo - Sefer ha-Ikkarim (posthumously published)
• Sir Thomas Malory - Le Morte d'Arthur<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Births

• October 1 - Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and bishop (died 1548)
• probable - Hanibal Lucić, Croatian poet and playwright (died 1553)

Deaths

• October 27 - Rodolphus Agricola, humanist writer (born 1443)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• date unknown - Diebold Schilling the Elder, chronicler