1488
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Template:C15YearInTopicX Year 1488 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1488
- January 8 - The present Royal Netherlands Navy was formed by decree of Maximillian of Austria.
- 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.
- June 11 - James IV succeeds his father James III as King of Scotland.
- July 28 Battle of Saint-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.
- September 9 - Anne of Brittany becomes Duchess of Brittany at the age of 11. Her marriage to King Charles VIII in 1491 effectively ends Breton independence from France.
- Jasper Tudor takes possession of Cardiff Castle.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti becomes apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio.
- City of Bikaner in western India founded by Rao Bika.
| Gregorian calendar | 1488 MCDLXXXVIII
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| Ab urbe condita | 2241 |
| Armenian calendar | 937 ԹՎ ՋԼԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -356 – -355 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2032 |
| Coptic calendar | 1204 – 1205 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1480 – 1481 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5248 – 5249 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1543 – 1544 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1410 – 1411 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4589 – 4590 |
| Holocene calendar | 11488 |
| Iranian calendar | 866 – 867 |
| Islamic calendar | 893 – 894 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōkyō
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2148 (皇紀2148年) |
| Julian calendar | 1533 |
| Korean calendar | 3821 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2031 |
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German Latin poet (died 1540)
- March 19 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (died 1544)
- April 21 - Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (died 1523)
- June - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (died 1563)
- August - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (died 1534)
- date unknown
- 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)
- Thomas of Villanova, Spanish bishop (died 1555)
- Gustav Trolle, Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1533)
- probable
- Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1544)
- Guillaume Gouffier, French soldier (died 1525)
- Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (died 1568)
[edit] Deaths
- April 14 - Girolamo Riario, Lord of Imola and Forli (born 1443)
- June 11 - King James III of Scotland (born c1451)
- July 18 - Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (born 1432)
- September 9 - Francis II (fell from a horse) (born 1433)
- September 13 - Charles II (born 1434)
- October 10 - Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor (born c1435)
- date unknown
- John II (born 1426)
- Iizasa Ienao, Japanese swordsman (born c1387)
[edit] See also
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[edit] People of the year 1488 at Familypedia
4 people were born in 1488
4 children were born to the 3 women born in 1488
5 people died in 1488
171 people lived in 1488
[edit] Events of the year 1488 at Familypedia
5 people were married in 1488.
There were 0 military battles in 1488.
