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Years:
1488 1489 1490 - 1491 - 1492 1493 1494
Decades:
1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s
Centuries:
14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

  • December 6 - King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France.
  • A major fire breaks out in Dresden.
  • Births

  • June 28 - Henry VIII, king of England (+ 1547)
  • December 24(?) - Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (+ 1556)
  • December 31 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer of Canada (+ 1557)
  • Azai Sukemasa - Japanese samurai and warlord
  • Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer
  • Deaths

  • Jean Balue, French cardinal, statesman
  • William Caxton, first English printer
  • John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (b. 1442)
  • Sciences

  • Nicolaus Copernicus enters Krakow university, and meets astronomy for the first time
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