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1488 the white-nationalist slogans Fourteen Words 250px|thumb|March 12: Bartolomeu Dias and crew become the first Europeans to land at Africa's Cape of Good Hope. Year 1488 (MCDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.1488 horizontal 2/2 300 Hugo van der Goes - The Trinity Altarpiece - James III of Scotland accompanied by his son James, presented by St Andrew (cropped).jpg James IV King of Scotland (cropped).jpg center June 11: King James III of Scotland killed in Battle of Sauchieburn against his son, the Duke of Rothesay, who becomes King James IV of Scotland __NOTOC__ Events January–March 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.Sicking Louis Neptune and the Netherlands: State, Economy, and War at Sea in the Renaissance 2004 Brill 978-90-474-0535-1 83 https://books.google.com/books?id=rIVSEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 12 January 2022 en January 20 – In the Kingdom of France, Louis II, Duke of Orleans and François II, Duke of Brittany, are both declared rebels by the Parlement of Paris. February 2 – Prince James, Duke of Rothesay, the 15-year-old son of King James III of Scotland and heir to the throne, leaves his residence at Stirling Castle and joins a rebellion against his father. Prince James sides with the Earl of Angus and the Earl of Argyll in the rebellion, which ultimately leads to the King's death.Macdougall Norman James IV (The Stewart Dynasty In Scotland) 2001 Tuckwell Press Ltd 34 978-1862320062 February 4 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel BayChilvers Hedley A. http://archive.org/details/sevenwondersofso0000chil The Seven Wonders of Southern Africa 1929 Administration of the South African Railways and Harbours Johannesburg 12 Internet Archive after his ships had been blown off course while sailing southeastward along Africa's coast in search of the Cape of Good Hope. After having turned northward, Dias realizes later that he had actually rounded the Cape and seen it from a distance as his ships were sailing westward to reach his prior position. February 14 – The Swabian League is re-established at a ceremony in Esslingen am Neckar as a military alliance of the Electorate of the Palatinate, the Duchy of Bavaria, monarchies and archbishoprics in Bayreuth, Hesse, Ansbach, Baden, Tyrol, Württemberg, Mainz and Trier, as well as 22 other "free cities" in the Holy Roman Empire.R.G.D. Laffan, "The Empire under Maximilian I", in The New Cambridge Modern History, vol. I 1975:198. February 15 – The Frari Triptych is completed by Giovanni Bellini, and he marks the date by placing a label on the back of the canvas.it Anchise Tempestini, Giovanni Bellini, Catalogo Completo, Cantini, Firenze 1992. 88-7737-105-6, Kat. 60, p. 172 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. March 12 – The Bartolomeu Dias expedition from Portugal arrives at the Cape of Good Hope and the crew of the two expedition ships, São Cristóvão and São Pantaleão, become the first Europeans to set foot at Good Hope. They anchor at the Boesmans River at what is now the South African city of Kwaaihoek.Crowley Roger Conquerors : How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire 2015 978-0-8129-9400-1 1 New York Random House 21–23 In that the landing took place on the feast day of Saint Gregory, the Portuguese sailors erect the Padrão de São Gregório, a stone pillar and cross, to mark their arrival.Ravenstein Ernst Georg Bartolomeu Dias 2010 William Brooks Greenlee, Pero Vaz de Caminha 978-1-906421-03-8 Viartis 644-645 March 14 – Hadım Ali Pasha, the Ottoman beylerbey of Karaman, recaptures Adana and Tarsus from the Mamluks.Yinanç Refet Dulkadir Beyliği The Principality of Dulkadir 1989 Turkish Historical Society Press Ankara 84-85 9751601711 March 21 – The Treaty of Valencia is signed in Spain between the Kingdom of Navarre and the "Catholic Monarchy" of Aragon and Castile.Monreal, Gregorio Conquista e Incorporación de Navarra a Castilla The Conquest and Annexation of Navarre to Castile Jimeno, Roldan Pamiela 2012 978-84-7681-736-0 Pamplona-Iruña April–June April 23 – The Siege of Châteaubriant in the Duchy of Brittany, started by the army of France, ends after eight days. Commanded by Louis II de la Trémoille, the French Army had bombarded the city with cannon fire and forced its surrender. April 23 – Konrad the Red of the Piast dynasty inherits the rights to the Duchy of Warsaw upon the death of his older brother, Duke Bolesław V, but the nobles refuse to accept him. Konrad and Bolesław's younger brother Janusz II of Płock become the new rulers. Duke Konrad III the Red's promises to pay homage to John Albert of April 20, 1496. http://dziedzictwo.polska.pl/katalog/skarb,Obietnica_ksiecia_Konrad_III_Rudego_dotyczaca_zlozenia_holdu_lennego_Janowi_Olbrachtowi_z_dnia_20_IV_1496_roku,gid,176324,cid,1945.htm Obietnica księcia Konrada III Rudego dotycząca złożenia hołdu lennego Janowi Olbrachtowi z 20 IV 1496 Promise of Duke Konrad III the Red to pay homage to John Albert of April 20, 1496 mojegotowanie.polska.pl https://web.archive.org/web/20080609213525/http://dziedzictwo.polska.pl/katalog/skarb,Obietnica_ksiecia_Konrada_III_Rudego_dotyczaca_zlozenia_holdu_lennego_Janowi_Olbrachtowi_z_dnia_IV_1496_roku,gid,176324,cid,1945.htm 2008-06-09 April 24 – A judgment of confiscation is declared by a French court against the goods of Prince Louis of Orleans, who had sought to overthrow his cousin, King Charles VIII June 11 – King James III of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn, in a rebellion in which his son, James, Duke of Rothesay, is on the other side. Rothesay becomes King James IV and spends the rest of his life regretting his role in his father's death.Richard Oram Richard D. Oram Geoffrey Stell Lordship and Architecture in Medieval and Renaissance Scotland https://books.google.com/books?id=s-LVAAAAMAAJ 2005 John Donald 978-0-85976-628-9 147 July–September July 12 – Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returns to Korea, after months of shipwrecked travel in China.Brook, Timothy. (1998). The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China. Berkeley: University of California Press. 0-520-22154-0 (Paperback), p. 51. July 19 – France's siege of Fougères in Brittany, led by General Louis de la Trémoille, ends after seven days with the French capture of the city.Bernard Heudré,Fougères, le pays et les hommes (Fougères, the land and the people) (Coutances, 1980) 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, bringing the "Mad War" (la Guerre folle) to an end. August 17 – The Mamluk Sultanate defeats the Ottoman Empire Army in the Battle of Aga-Cayiri fought in the Cilicia region of Asia Minor, now in Turkey.Har-El Shai The Battle of Aga-Cayri Struggle for Domination in the Middle East: The Ottoman-Mamluk War, 1485–1491 The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage 4 1995 E. J. Brill Leiden; New York 978-90-04-10180-7 184 1380-6076 31434541 94-40784 August 20 – The Treaty of Sablé is signed in Sablé-sur-Sarthe by Francois, Duke of Brittany and Charles VIII, King of France, ending the "Mad War". Under the terms of the treaty, Francois agrees for the Duchy of Brittany to be a vassal of King Charles, and cedes the Duchy's territories of Saint Malo, Dinan, Fougères and Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier to the French crown. Francois also agrees that before arranging his daughter, Anne of Brittany, to be married, he will seek the King's consent. In return, Charles removes the French Army troops from Brittany.H. A. L. Fisher. The History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII, to the Death of Henry VIII, 1485-1547 (Volume V) (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906), p.29 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. October–December October 17 – King James IV of Scotland gives royal assent to numerous laws approved by the Scottish Parliament during its 1488 session, 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").Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Quarti An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland https://books.google.com/books?id=4H5hAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA2-PA11 William Alexander Adam and Charles Black Edinburgh 1841 446–447 Google Books November 18 – In the "Squire Francis War" (Jonker Fransenoorlog), a new phase of the Dutch civil war in the Burgundian Netherlands county of Holland, the rebel army of the Hook faction, led by Frans van Brederode, captures the city of Rotterdam, capital of Holland.Cornelis van Alkemade, Rotterdamse heldendaden onder de stadvoogdy van den jongen heer Frans van Brederode, genaamt jonker Fransen oorlog (Rotterdam's Heroic Deeds Under the Stadteurship of the Young Sir Frans van Brederode, Called Jonker Fransen Oorlog) (Losel printer, 1724) December 23 – Isabella of Aragon, daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples, enters a marriage by proxy to Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan.Perria Antonio I terribili Sforza: Trionfo e fine di una grande dinastia The Terrible Sforzas: Triumph and End of a Great Dynasty A. Wasilewska (in Polish) Warsaw 1985 PIW 135 83-06-01269-0 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, Marquis 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)Johannes Brita Larsson Johannes Magnus' Latin Letters https://books.google.com/books?id=ujnkAAAAMAAJ 1992 Lund University Press 978-0-86238-304-6 9 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 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) Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen, German noblewoman (d. 1559) probable 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)King James III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/jamesiii.html www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk 29 January 2021 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)Alfonso Lowe Hugh Seymour-Davies The Companion Guide to the South of Spain https://books.google.com/books?id=Vy_v0vWgkzsC&pg=PA242 2000 Companion Guides 978-1-900639-33-0 242 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 – Lasse Huittinen, Finnish thief September 9 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (fell from a horse) (b. 1433)Susan Groag Bell The Lost Tapestries of the City of Ladies: Christine de Pizan's Renaissance Legacy https://books.google.com/books?id=mowDH_q96boC&pg=PA97 29 November 2004 University of California Press 978-0-520-92878-7 97 September 13 – Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1434) October 11 – Geoffroy Cœur, French nobleman, son of Jacques Cœur November 1 – Johannes Crabbe, Flemish abbot and bibliophile date unknown Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran (b. 1453) Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435) Borommatrailokkanat, Ayutthaya king (b. 1431) References