1488

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.

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
1488 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1488
MCDLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2241
Armenian calendar937
ԹՎ ՋԼԷ
Assyrian calendar6238
Balinese saka calendar1409–1410
Bengali calendar894–895
Berber calendar2438
English Regnal yearHen. 7 – 4 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar2032
Burmese calendar850
Byzantine calendar6996–6997
Chinese calendar丁未年 (Fire Goat)
4185 or 3978
    — to —
戊申年 (Earth Monkey)
4186 or 3979
Coptic calendar1204–1205
Discordian calendar2654
Ethiopian calendar1480–1481
Hebrew calendar5248–5249
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1544–1545
 - Shaka Samvat1409–1410
 - Kali Yuga4588–4589
Holocene calendar11488
Igbo calendar488–489
Iranian calendar866–867
Islamic calendar893–894
Japanese calendarChōkyō 2
(長享2年)
Javanese calendar1404–1405
Julian calendar1488
MCDLXXXVIII
Korean calendar3821
Minguo calendar424 before ROC
民前424年
Nanakshahi calendar20
Thai solar calendar2030–2031
Tibetan calendarམེ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་
(female Fire-Sheep)
1614 or 1233 or 461
    — to —
ས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་
(male Earth-Monkey)
1615 or 1234 or 462

Events

January–March

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 Boleslaw'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.[10]
  • 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.[11]

July–September

  • July 12Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returns to Korea, after months of shipwrecked travel in China.[12]
  • 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.[13]
  • 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.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • 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.[16]
  • September 9Anne 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

Date unknown

Births

Deaths

References

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