1488

From Free net encyclopedia

Years: 1485 1486 1487 - 1488 - 1489 1490 1491

Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 See also

Events

• February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south.
• September 9 - Anne of Brittany becomes Duchess of Brittany at the age of 11

• Battle of St.Aubin-du-Cormier. Troops loyal to King Charles VIII of France defeat rebel forces led by the Dukes of Orleans and Brittany in the main engagement of the Mad War.
• James IV succeeds his father James III as King of Scotland.
• Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford takes possession of Cardiff Castle.
• Michelangelo Buonarroti becomes apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio.
• City of Bikaner in western India founded by Rao Bika.

Births

• January 6 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German Latin poet (died 1540)
• March 19 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
• Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
• Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
• Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (died 1534)
• Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (died 1568)
• Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (died 1563)
• Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (died 1523)
• Rabbi Yosef Karo, Jewish scholar (died 1575)
• Sebastian Münster, German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (died 1552)
• Oswald Myconius, Swiss religious reformer (died 1552)
• Jan Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (died 1561)
• Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop (died 1555)
• Gustav Trolle, Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1533)

Deaths

• June 11 - King James III of Scotland
• July 18 - Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (born 1432)
• September 9 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (fell from a horse) (born 1433)
• John II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1426)
• Iizasa Ienao, Japanese swordsman
• Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor

See also

• The numbers 14 88 are sometimes used as a code to express a racist message.af:1488

ast:1488 bg:1488 bs:1488 ca:1488 cv:1488 cs:1488 cy:1488 da:1488 de:1488 et:1488 el:1488 es:1488 eo:1488 eu:1488 fr:1488 ko:1488년 hr:1488 io:1488 it:1488 he:1488 lb:1488 hu:1488 mk:1488 nl:1488 no:1488 nn:1488 os:1488 pl:1488 pt:1488 ro:1488 ru:1488 simple:1488 sk:1488 sl:1488 sr:1488 fi:1488 sv:1488 tt:1488 tr:1488 uk:1488 zh:1488年