Happenings/1488

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The year 1488 is ARYAN btw, if that matters

January

• January 6 - German Latin poet Helius Eobanus Hessus is born.
• January 8 - The Royal Netherlands Navy is formed by the Ordinance of Admiralty, issued by Archduke Maximilian of Austria, co-ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands.
• January 20 - John George, Marquis of Montferrat, is born. German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer Sebastian Münster is born. Louis II, Duke of Orleans, and François II, Duke of Brittany, are declared rebels by the Kingdom of France.

February

• February 2 - Prince James, Duke of Rothesay, joins the Earl of Angus and Earl of Argyll in a rebellion against King James III of Scotland, his father, at the age of 15.
• February 4 - Bartolomeu Dias lands in Mossel Bay after his ships get blown off course while sailing southeastward along Africa's coast in search of the Cape of Good Hope.
• February 14 - The Swabian League is re-established in the city of Esslingen am Neckar, as an alliance between the Electorate of the Palatinate, the Duchy of Bavaria, and other states within the Holy Roman Empire.
• February 15 - The Frari Triptych is completed by Giovanni Bellini, and he labels the date on the back of the canvas.
• February 28 - Choe Bu, the Commissioner of Registers for the island of Cheju, shipwrecks in Taizhou, Zhejiang.

March

• March 12 - Bartolomeu Dias's crew become the first Europeans to step foot in the Cape of Good Hope, anchoring at the Boesmans River in what is, today, the city of Kwaaihoek. Dias's discoveries during this journey end up helping Vasco da Gama establish a sea route between Europe and India. The sailors build the Padrão de São Gregório, to celebrate feast day for Saint Gregory, on which day the landing took place.
• March 14 - Hadım Ali Pasha recaptures Adana and Tarsus from the Mamluk Sultanate.
• March 19 - Johannes Magnus, the last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden, is born.
• March 21 - Treaty of Valencia is signed between the Kingdom of Navarre and the Catholic Monarchy of Aragon and Castille.

April

• April 1 - John II, Duke of Bourbon, dies.
• April 14 - Girolamo Riario, Lord of Imola and Forli, dies.
• April 15 - Louis II de la Trémoille sieges the city of Châteaubriant.
• April 16 - Jungjong of Joseon is born.
• April 21 - Ulric von Hutten, a German religious reformer, dies.
• April 23 - Siege of Châteaubriant ends after the city surrenders. Konrad the Red inherits the Duchy of Warsaw from his older brother, Bolesław V, but the nobles refuse to accept him. Konrad the Red and Janusz II of Płock, another younger brother of Bolesław V, become the new rulers.
• April 24 - A judgement of confiscation is ordered by the French court against Prince Louis of Orleans, who sought to overthrow King Charles VIII, his cousin.
• April 27 - Bolesław V dies.

May

• May 1 - Sidonie of Bavaria, the eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich, is born.
• May 5 - Lê Uy Mục, 8th king of the Lê Dynasty, is born.
• May 7 - John III of the Palatinate, the 48th Archbishop of Regensburg, is born.
• May 9 - Frederick I Liegnitz, Duke of Chojnów and Strzelin, dies.
• May 26 - Iizasa Ienao, a Japanese swordsman, dies.

June

• June 6 - Bishop of Viborg Canute Cobson is killed by Chud raiders for his large fortune of gems.
• June 11 - King James III of Scotland is killed by his son James, Duke of Rothesay, in the Battle of Sauchieburn. The Duke of Rothesay then ascends the throne, becoming King James IV of Scotland.
• June 29 - Pedro Pacheco de Villena, a Spanish cardinal and viceroy of Naples, is born.

July

• July 12 - Choe Bu returns to Korea. General Louis de la Trémoille sieges Fougères in Brittany.
• July 15 - Juan Álvarez de Toledo, a Spanish cardinal and bishop of Córdoba, Burgos, Albana, and Frascati, is born.
• July 18 - Alvise Cadamosto, a Venetian explorer, dies.
• July 19 - Siege of Fougères ends, with the city being captured.
• July 28 - The so-called Mad War (French: la Guerre folle), a war fought between feudal lords and the French monarchy, is brought to an end in the Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, led by troops of the Duke of Orleans and Brittany. Edward Woodville, Lord Scales, is among the individuals to die in this battle.
• July 30 - Clarice Orsini, the wife of the de facto ruler of the Venetian Republic Lorenzo de' Medici, dies.

August

• August 17 - The Mamluk Sultanate defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Ağaçayırı.
• August 20 - The Treaty of Sablé is signed by Francois, Duke of Brittany, and King Charles VIII, ending the Mad War.

September

• September 9 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany, dies by falling from a horse. Anne of Brittany becomes the Duchess of Brittany at the age of 11.
• September 13 - Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, dies.

October

• October 11 - Jeffrey Cœur, a French nobleman and son of Jacques Cœur, dies.
• October 17 - King Jams IV of Scotland gives royal assent to several laws approved by the Scottish Parliament, including the France Act ("to renew the confideracioun betuix the realmez of France and Scotland") and the Rebel Officers of Law Act ("disbarring and suspending any wardens, justices or other officials "who were in battle at Stirling against our sovereign Lord"). Ursula of Brandenburg, the Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, is born.

November

• November 1 - Johannes Crabbe, a Flemish imperial counselor and bibliophile, dies.
• November 18 - In the Squire Francis War, a new phase of the Hooke and Cod wars in the Netherlands, the Hook faction, led by Frans van Brederode, captures the capital city, Rotterdam.

December

• December 15 - Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria, dies.
• December 23 - Isabella of Aragon, daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples, enters a marriage by proxy to Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan.

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• Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford, takes ownership of Cardiff Castle.
• Michelangelo becomes an apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio.
• Rao Bika founds the city of Bikaner in western India.
• Rathbornes Candles is established in Dublin. The company still exists today, and has a website at https://www.rathbornes1488.com.
• (((Rabbi Yosef Karo))), a Spanish Jewish scholar, is born.
• Oswald Myconius, a Swiss religious reformer, is born.
• Jan Tarnowski, a Polish nobleman, is born.
• Thomas of Villanova, a Spanish bishop, is born.
• Gustav Trolle, the Archbishop of Uppsala, is born.
• Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen, a German noblewoman, is born.
• Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, dies.
• Andrea del Verrocchio, an Italian sculptor, dies.
• Borommatrailokkanat, the King of Thailand, dies.