1488

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

Births

• 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

• 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)