1487
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1450s 1460s 1470s – 1480s – 1490s 1500s 1510s |
| Years: | 1484 1485 1486 – 1487 – 1488 1489 1490 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1487 MCDLXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2240 |
| Armenian calendar | 936 ԹՎ ՋԼԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6237 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1408–1409 |
| Bengali calendar | 894 |
| Berber calendar | 2437 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Hen. 7 – 3 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2031 |
| Burmese calendar | 849 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6995–6996 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4183 or 4123 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4184 or 4124 |
| Coptic calendar | 1203–1204 |
| Discordian calendar | 2653 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1479–1480 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5247–5248 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1543–1544 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1408–1409 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4587–4588 |
| Holocene calendar | 11487 |
| Igbo calendar | 487–488 |
| Iranian calendar | 865–866 |
| Islamic calendar | 891–893 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 19 / Chōkyō 1 (長享元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1403–1404 |
| Julian calendar | 1487 MCDLXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3820 |
| Minguo calendar | 425 before ROC 民前425年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 19 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2029–2030 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1613 or 1232 or 460 — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1614 or 1233 or 461 |
1487 (MCDLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1487th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 487th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 15th century, and the 8th year of the 1480s decade. As of the start of 1487, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events[change | change source]
- August – Bartolomeu Dias leaves Lisbon on his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope.
Date unknown[change | change source]
- Aztec emperor Ahuitzotl dedicates the Great Temple Pyramid of Tenochtitlan with thousands of human sacrifices.
Births[change | change source]
- February 7 – Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1557)
- February 8 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)
- February 15 – Henry of the Palatinate, bishop of Utrecht (d. 1552)
- April 10 – William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (d. 1559)
- July 5 – Johann Gramann, German theologian (d. 1541)
- July 16 – Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (d. 1530)
- July 17 – Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
- August 27 – Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Schleswig and Holstein (d. 1514)
- September 10 – Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
- October 5 – Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1553)
- November 14 – John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. 1548)
Deaths[change | change source]
- March 21 – Nicholas of Flüe, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)
- June 16 – John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (b. c. 1463)
- June 26 – John Argyropoulos, philosopher
- July 16 – Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (b. 1436)
- September 9 – Chenghua Emperor of China (b. 1447)
- September 14 – Mara Branković, Serbian princess (b. 1416)
- September 30 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
- October 22 – Antonio Bettini, religious writer (b. 1396)
- date unknown
- William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417)
- Tlacaelel, high priest of Tenochtitlán (b. 1397)