1488
Year 1488 (MCDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1488 MCDLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2241 |
| Armenian calendar | 937 ԹՎ ՋԼԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6238 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1409–1410 |
| Bengali calendar | 895 |
| Berber calendar | 2438 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Hen. 7 – 4 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2032 |
| Burmese calendar | 850 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6996–6997 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4184 or 4124 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4185 or 4125 |
| Coptic calendar | 1204–1205 |
| Discordian calendar | 2654 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1480–1481 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5248–5249 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1544–1545 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1409–1410 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4588–4589 |
| Holocene calendar | 11488 |
| Igbo calendar | 488–489 |
| Iranian calendar | 866–867 |
| Islamic calendar | 893–894 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōkyō 2 (長享２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1404–1405 |
| Julian calendar | 1488 MCDLXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3821 |
| Minguo calendar | 424 before ROC 民前424年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 20 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2030–2031 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1614 or 1233 or 461 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1615 or 1234 or 462 |
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Events
January–December
- January 8 – The Royal Netherlands Navy is formed, by the 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, and entering the Indian Ocean.
- February 28 – Choe Bu (1454–1504), the Korean Commissioner of Registers for the island of Cheju, shipwrecks on the south east coast of China in Taizhou, Zhejiang, during the Ming Dynasty. From then until July 12, he and his crew are hosted by Chinese military courier officers to travel along the Grand Canal of China, all the way to Beijing, and then finally back across the Yalu River into Korea. His written commentary on Chinese customs, foreign and domestic trade, and transport in places such as Hangzhou and Suzhou, are valuable records of Ming era culture and commerce.
- June 11 – Battle of Sauchieburn: James IV of Scotland becomes king.
- July 28 – Battle of Saint-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.
- September 9 – Anne of Brittany becomes Duchess of Brittany at the age of 11. Her marriage to King Charles VIII in 1491 effectively ends Breton independence from France.
Date unknown
- Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford, takes possession of Cardiff Castle.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti becomes apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio.
- The city of Bikaner in western India is founded by Rao Bika.
- Rathbornes Candles is established in Dublin; the company is still trading in the 21st century.
Births
- January 6 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German Latin poet (d. 1540)
- January 20
- John George, Marquess 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)
- 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 1 – Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied, German noblewoman (d. 1559)
- December 15 – Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria (d. 1550)
- date unknown
- Rabbi Yosef 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)
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- 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
- 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 – King James III of Scotland (at the Battle of Sauchieburn; b. c. 1451)[1]
- July 18 – Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)
- July 28 – Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier; b. c. 1456)
- July 30 – Clarice Orsini, Florentine noblewoman and wife of Lorenzo de’ Medici (b. 1453)
- September – Abu 'Amr 'Uthman, Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya (b. 1419)
- September 9 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (fell from a horse) (b. 1433)
- September 13 – Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1434)
- date unknown
- Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran (b. 1453)
- Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)
- Borommatrailokkanat, Ayutthaya king (b. 1431)
References
- "King James III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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