1487 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• May 24 - Lambert Simnel is crowned King "Henry VI of England" in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. He claims to be Edward, Earl of Warwick and rivals Henry VII for the throne of England.
• June 16 - Battle of Stoke Field. The rebellion of Lambert Simnel, who pretended to be Edward, Earl of Warwick, son of the Duke of Clarence, is crushed by troops loyal to Henry VII
• Publication of the witch-hunter manual Malleus Maleficarum.
• Hongzhi becomes emperor of China (Ming dynasty).
• Aztec emperor Auitzotl dedicates Great Temple Pyramid of Tenochtitlán with thousands of human sacrifices.
• Diaz reaches the Cape of Good Hope.
• Spanish take Malaga.
• Italian architects begin to build the Kremlin in Moscow.

Births

• September 10 - Pope Julius III
• Andrea Del Sarto, Florentine painter

Deaths