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Year1488(MCDLXXXVIII) was aleap year starting on Tuesdayof theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- January 8– TheRoyal Netherlands Navyis formed, by the decree ofMaximillian of Austria.
- February 3–Bartolomeu Diasof Portugal lands inMossel Bay,after rounding theCape of Good Hopeat the tip of Africa, becoming the first known European to travel this far south, and entering theIndian Ocean.
- February 28–Choe Bu(1454–1504), the Korean Commissioner of Registers for the island ofCheju,shipwrecks on the south east coast of China inTaizhou, Zhe gian g.
- June 11–Battle of Sauchieburn:James IV of Scotlandbecomes king after his father is killed in action.[1]
- July 12–Joseon DynastyofficialChoe Bureturns to Korea, after months of shipwrecked travel in China.[2]
- July 28–Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier:Troops loyal to KingCharles VIII of Francedefeat rebel forces, led by the Dukes ofOrleansandBrittany,in the main engagement of theMad War.[3]
- September 9–Anne of BrittanybecomesDuchess of Brittanyat the age of 11. Her marriage to King Charles VIII in1491effectively ends Breton independence from France.
Date unknown
[edit]- Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford,takes possession ofCardiff Castle.
- Michelangelo BuonarrotibecomesapprenticetoDomenico Ghirlandaio.
- The city ofBikanerin western India is founded byRao Bika.
- Rathbornes Candlesis established inDublin;the company is still trading in the 21st century.
Births
[edit]- January 6–Helius Eobanus Hessus,German Latin poet (d.1540)
- January 20
- John George, Marquis of Montferrat,Italian noble (d.1533)
- Sebastian Münster,German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (d.1552)
- March 19–Johannes Magnus,last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d.1544)[4]
- April 16–Jungjong of Joseon(d.1544)
- April 21–Ulrich von Hutten,German religious reformer (d.1523)
- May 1–Sidonie of Bavaria,eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (d.1505)
- May 5–Lê Uy Mục,8th king of the later Lê dynasty of Vietnam (d.1509)
- May 7–John III of the Palatinate,Administrator of the Bishopric of Regensburg (d.1538)
- June –Heinrich Glarean,Swiss music theorist (d.1563)
- June 29–Pedro Pacheco de Villena,Spanish Catholic cardinal (d.1560)
- July 15–Juan Álvarez de Toledo,Spanish Catholic cardinal (d.1557)
- October 17–Ursula of Brandenburg,Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d.1510)
- December 15–Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria(d.1550)
- date unknown
- RabbiYosef Karo,Spanish Jewish scholar (d.1575)
- Oswald Myconius,Swiss religious reformer (d.1552)
- Jan Tarnowski,Polish nobleman (d.1561)
- Thomas of Villanova,Spanish bishop (d.1555)
- Gustav Trolle,Archbishop of Uppsala (d.1533)
- Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen,German noblewoman (d.1559)
- probable
- Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden,Lord Chancellor of England (d.1544)
- Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet,French soldier (d.1525)
- Myles Coverdale,English Bible translator (d.1568)
- Lütfi Pasha,Ottoman statesman (d.1564)
Deaths
[edit]- April 1–John II, Duke of Bourbon(b.1426)
- April 14–Girolamo Riario,Lord of Imola and Forli (b.1443)
- May 9–Frederick I of Liegnitz,Duke of Chojnów and Strzelin from 1453 (b.1446)
- May 26–Iizasa Ienao,Japanese swordsman (b. c.1387)
- June 11– KingJames III of Scotland(at theBattle of Sauchieburn;b. c.1451)[5]
- July 18–Alvise Cadamosto,Italian explorer (b.1432)
- July 28–Edward Woodville, Lord Scales(at theBattle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier;b. c.1456)[3]
- July 30–Clarice Orsini,Florentine noblewoman and wife ofLorenzo de’ Medici(b.1453)
- September–Abu 'Amr 'Uthman,HafsidcaliphofIfriqiya(b.1419)
- September–Lasse Huittinen,Finnish thief
- September 9–Francis II, Duke of Brittany(fell from a horse) (b.1433)[6]
- September 13–Charles II, Duke of Bourbon(b.1434)
- October 11–Geoffroy Cœur,French nobleman, son ofJacques Cœur
- date unknown
- Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran(b.1453)
- Andrea del Verrocchio,Italian sculptor (b. c.1435)
- Borommatrailokkanat,Ayutthaya king (b.1431)
References
[edit]- ^Richard Oram; Richard D. Oram; Geoffrey Stell (2005).Lordship and Architecture in Medieval and Renaissance Scotland.John Donald. p. 147.ISBN978-0-85976-628-9.
- ^Brook, Timothy.(1998).The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China.Berkeley: University of California Press.ISBN0-520-22154-0(Paperback), p. 51.
- ^abAlfonso Lowe; Hugh Seymour-Davies (2000).The Companion Guide to the South of Spain.Companion Guides. p. 242.ISBN978-1-900639-33-0.
- ^Johannes; Brita Larsson (1992).Johannes Magnus' Latin Letters.Lund University Press. p. 9.ISBN978-0-86238-304-6.
- ^"King James III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland".undiscoveredscotland.co.uk.RetrievedJanuary 29,2021.
- ^Susan Groag Bell (November 29, 2004).The Lost Tapestries of the City of Ladies: Christine de Pizan's Renaissance Legacy.University of California Press. p. 97.ISBN978-0-520-92878-7.