1488 - Definition and Overview
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
1 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.
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
.
Births
Correggio
, Italian painter
Myles Coverdale
,
English
Bible
translator (+
1568
)
Rabbi
Yosef Karo
, Jewish scholar (+
1575
)
Sebastian Münster
, scholar,
cartographer
,
cosmographer
Ursula Southeil
, prophetess (conjectural date)
Deaths
June 11
-
James III of Scotland
September 9
-
Francis II
,
Duke of Brittany
, from a
fall from a horse
See also
The numbers
14 88
are sometimes used as a code to express a
racialist
message.
Example Usage of 1488
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1488
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1488
num tinha como! HUAHUA
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1488
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