1488
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| Years: 1485 1486 1487 - 1488 - 1489 1490 1491 |
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| Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s |
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| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
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| 1488 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 1488 MCDLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2241 |
| Armenian calendar | 937 ԹՎ ՋԼԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -356 – -355 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2032 |
| Chinese calendar | 4124/4184-12-18 (丁未年十二月十八日) — to —
4125/4185-11-29(戊申年十一月廿九日) |
| 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 2 (長享2年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2148 (皇紀2148年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11488 |
| Julian calendar | 1533 |
| Korean calendar | 3821 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2031 |
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[edit] Events
- 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.
- September 9 - Anne of Brittany becomes Duchess of Brittany at the age of 11
- 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.
- City of Bikaner in western India founded by Rao Bika.
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German Latin poet (died 1540)
- March 19 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (died 1544)
- Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1544)
- Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (died 1525)
- Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (died 1534)
- Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (died 1568)
- Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (died 1563)
- Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (died 1523)
- 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)
- Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop (died 1555)
- Gustav Trolle, Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1533)
[edit] Deaths
- June 11 - King James III of Scotland (born c1451)
- July 18 - Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (born 1432)
- September 9 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (fell from a horse) (born 1433)
- John II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1426)
- Iizasa Ienao, Japanese swordsman (born c1387)
- Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor (born c1435)
