1481

1481 (MCDLXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1481st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 481st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 15th century, and the 2nd year of the 1480s decade. As of the start of 1481, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1481 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1481 MCDLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2234
Armenian calendar	930 ԹՎ ՋԼ
Assyrian calendar	6231
Balinese saka calendar	1402–1403
Bengali calendar	888
Berber calendar	2431
English Regnal year	20 Edw. 4 – 21 Edw. 4
Buddhist calendar	2025
Burmese calendar	843
Byzantine calendar	6989–6990
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4177 or 4117     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4178 or 4118
Coptic calendar	1197–1198
Discordian calendar	2647
Ethiopian calendar	1473–1474
Hebrew calendar	5241–5242
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1537–1538
- Shaka Samvat	1402–1403
- Kali Yuga	4581–4582
Holocene calendar	11481
Igbo calendar	481–482
Iranian calendar	859–860
Islamic calendar	885–886
Japanese calendar	Bunmei 13 (文明１３年)
Javanese calendar	1397–1398
Julian calendar	1481 MCDLXXXI
Korean calendar	3814
Minguo calendar	431 before ROC 民前431年
Nanakshahi calendar	13
Thai solar calendar	2023–2024
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Rat) 1607 or 1226 or 454     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 1608 or 1227 or 455

Events

• May 21 – Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481–1513).
• December 26 – Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats the troops of Utrecht.