1488

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s

Years: 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 - 1488 - 1489 1490 1491 1492 1493

• February 3 - Bartholomeu Diaz 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 Duke of Orleans and Brittany[?] in the main engagement of the Mad War[?].
• Xiao Zong[?] becomes emperor of China (Ming dynasty).
• James IV succeeds his father James III as King of Scotland.
• Jasper Tudor takes possession of Cardiff Castle.
• Michelangelo Buonarroti becomes apprentice[?] to Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Births

• Correggio, Italian painter
• Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (+ 1568)
• Rabbi Yosef Karo, Jewish scholar (+ 1575)
• Sebastian Muenster, scholar, cartographer, cosmographer[?]
• Ursula Southeil, prophetess (conjectural date)

Deaths

• June 11 - James III of Scotland