1488

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 4 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

• Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (d. 1568)
• Rabbi Yosef Karo, Jewish scholar (d. 1575)
• Sebastian Münster, German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (d. 1592)

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 racist message.

See also: 1488, 1433, 1450s, 1460s, 1470s, 1480s, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1489