1489 - Definition and Overview

Events

• March 14 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
• November 29 - Arthur Tudor is named Prince of Wales.
• December 11 - Jeannetto de Tassis is appointed appointed Chief Master of Postal Services in Innsbruck, his descendants the Turn und Taxis family later run much of the postal system of Europe.
• Typhus sweeps through Spain, its first appearance in Europe.
• Nicosia, Cyprus, becomes a possession of Venice.
• King Henry VII gives a city charter to Southwold.
• Lucas Watzenrode becomes bishop of Warmia.

Births

• Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII (+ 1556)
• November 28- Margaret Tudor (dau. Henry VII of England).

Deaths

• April 26 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Ashikaga shogun