1488
align="center" colspan=2 |
Years:
1485
1486
1487
-
1488
-
1489
1490
1491
align="center" colspan=2 |
Decades
:
1450s
1460s
1470s
-
1480s
-
1490s
1500s
1510s
align="center" |
Centuries
:
14th century
-
15th century
-
16th century
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
Myles Coverdale
,
English
Bible
translator (d.
1568
)
Rabbi
Yosef Karo
, Jewish scholar (d.
1575
)
Sebastian Mnster
, scholar,
cartographer
,
cosmographer
(d.
1592
)
Ursula Southeil
, prophetess (conjectural date) (d.
1561
)
Deaths
June 11
-
James III of Scotland
September 9
-
Francis II
,
Duke of Brittany
(b.
1433
)
See also
The numbers
14 88
are sometimes used as a code to express a
racialist
message.
<< Previous
Word Browser
Next >>
anti psychiatry
agnus dei
magnavox
mikhail bulgakov
minesweeper (computer game)
microware
treasure trap
library of congress classification:class p language and literature
jefferies tube
np complete
adam gottlob oehlenschlger
nottingham
history of alabama
history of andorra
history of austria
history of liechtenstein
library of congress classification:class g geography. anthropology. recreation
library of congress classification:class r medicine
lillian moller gilbreth
mai zetterling
1499
1497
1496
1494
1491
1490
1489
1486
1485
1484
1482
1479
1475
1474
1472
1470
1468
1467
1466
1464
1463
1460
1456
1455
Copyright 2005-2009 OnPedia.com. All Rights Reserved