1489

Year '1489' was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1489

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1489

★ March 14 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.

★ March 26 - The Treaty of Medina del Campo between England and Spain includes provision for a marriage between Arthur, the son of King Henry VII of England, and Princess Catherine of Aragon.

★ 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 Thurn and Taxis family later run much of the postal system of Europe.

Undated

★ The Great British pound, called a ''sovereign'', is issued for Henry VII of England.

★ 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)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ William Farel, French evangelist (died 1565)

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★ Francesco Ferruccio, Florentine captain (died 1530)

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★ Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese warlord (died 1520)

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★ Tsukahara Bokuden, Japanese swordsman (died 1571)

★ ''probable''

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★ Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (died 1527)

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★ Thomas Muentzer, German pastor and rebel leader (died 1525)

Deaths

★ January 3 - Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (born 1435)

★ February 14 - Nicolaus von Tüngen, bishop (d.o.b. unknown)

★ April 26 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (born 1465)

★ April 28 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (born c. 1449)

★ July 19 - Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (born 1424)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow, bishop (d.o.b. unknown)

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★ Bahlul Khan Lodhi, sultan of Delhi (d.o.b. unknown)