1488
year
1488 (MCDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1488th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 488th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1480s decade. As of the start of 1488, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1450s 1460s 1470s – 1480s – 1490s 1500s 1510s |
| Years: | 1485 1486 1487 – 1488 – 1489 1490 1491 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1488 MCDLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2241 |
| Armenian calendar | 937 ԹՎ ՋԼԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6238 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1409–1410 |
| Bengali calendar | 895 |
| Berber calendar | 2438 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Hen. 7 – 4 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2032 |
| Burmese calendar | 850 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6996–6997 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4184 or 4124 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4185 or 4125 |
| Coptic calendar | 1204–1205 |
| Discordian calendar | 2654 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1480–1481 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5248–5249 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1544–1545 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1409–1410 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4588–4589 |
| Holocene calendar | 11488 |
| Igbo calendar | 488–489 |
| Iranian calendar | 866–867 |
| Islamic calendar | 893–894 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōkyō 2 (長享２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1404–1405 |
| Julian calendar | 1488 MCDLXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3821 |
| Minguo calendar | 424 before ROC 民前424年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 20 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2030–2031 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1614 or 1233 or 461 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1615 or 1234 or 462 |
Births
change- January 6 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German Latin poet (d. 1540)
- January 20
- John George, Marquess 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)
- 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, Eighth 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, Catholic cardinal (d. 1560)
- July 15 – Juan Álvarez de Toledo, Catholic cardinal (d. 1557)
- October 17 – Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1510)
- December 1 – Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied, German noblewoman (d. 1559)
- December 15 – Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria (d. 1550)
- date unknown
- Rabbi Yosef Karo, 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)
- 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
change- April 14 – Girolamo Riario, Lord of Imola and Forli (b. 1443)
- June 11 – King James III of Scotland (b. c. 1451)
- July 18 – Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)
- July 28 – Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier)
- September 9 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (fell from a horse) (b. 1433)
- September 13 – Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1434)
- October 10 – Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)
- date unknown
- John II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1426)
- Iizasa Ienao, Japanese swordsman (b. c. 1387)