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| Years: 1486 1487 1488 - 1489 - 1490 1491 1492 | |
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Events
- March 14 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
- November 29 - Arthur Tudor is named Prince of Wales.
- December 11 - Jeannetto de Tassis is appointed Chief Master of Postal Services in Innsbruck, his descendants the Turn und Taxis family later run much of the postal system of Europe.
- Typhus sweeps through Spain, its first appearance in Europe.
- Nicosia, Cyprus, becomes a possession of Venice.
- King Henry VII gives a city charter to Southwold.
- Lucas Watzenrode becomes bishop of Warmia.
Births
- April 15 - Sinan, Turkish architect (died 1588)
- June 4 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
- July 2 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1556)
- August 10 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (died 1553)
- November 28 - Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland) (died 1541)
- August - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (died 1534)
- William Farel, French evangelist (died 1565)
- Francesco Ferruccio, Florentine captain (died 1530)
- Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (died 1527)
- Thomas Muentzer, German pastor and rebel leader (died 1525)
- Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese warlord (died 1520)
- Tsukahara Bokuden, Japanese swordsman (died 1571)
Deaths
- April 26 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (born 1465)
- April 28 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (born c. 1449)
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