- 1489
Year 1489 was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1489
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March 14 - The Queen ofCyprus ,Catherine Cornaro , sells her kingdom toVenice .
*March 26 - The Treaty of Medina del Campo betweenEngland andSpain includes provision for a marriage between Arthur, the son of KingHenry VII of England , and PrincessCatherine of Aragon .
*November 29 - Arthur Tudor is namedPrince of Wales .
*December 11 - Jeannetto de Tassis is appointed Chief Master of Postal Services inInnsbruck ; his descendants, theThurn and Taxis family, later run much of thepostal system ofEurope .Undated
* The Great British pound, called a "sovereign", is issued for
Henry VII of England .
*Typhus sweeps throughSpain , in its first appearance in Europe.
*Nicosia ,Cyprus , becomes a possession ofVenice .
* King Henry VII gives a city charter toSouthwold .
* Lucas Watzenrode becomesbishop ofWarmia .
* India,Delhi: Sikander lodi succeds Bahlol Khan lodi.He conquers Jaunpur and other places.Births
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April 15 -Sinan , Turkish architect (d.1588 )
*June 4 -Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d.1544 )
*July 2 -Thomas Cranmer ,Archbishop of Canterbury (d.1556 )
*August 10 -Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck , German statesman and reformer (d.1553 )
*November 28 -Margaret Tudor , queen ofJames IV of Scotland ) (d.1541 )
*August -Antonio da Correggio , Italian painter (d.1534 )
*"date unknown"
**William Farel , French evangelist (d.1565 )
**Francesco Ferruccio , Florentine captain (d.1530 )
**Hosokawa Sumimoto , Japanese warlord (d.1520 )
**Tsukahara Bokuden , Japanese swordsman (d.1571 )
*"probable"
**Juan de Grijalva , Spanish conquistador (d.1527 )
**Thomas Muentzer , German pastor and rebel leader (d.1525 )Deaths
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January 3 -Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b.1435 )
*February 14 -Nicolaus von Tüngen , bishop (d.o.b. unknown)
*April 26 -Ashikaga Yoshihisa , Japanese shogun (b.1465 )
*April 28 -Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (b. c.1449 )
*July 19 -Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (b.1424 )
*"date unknown"
**Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow , bishop (d.o.b. unknown)
**Bahlul Khan Lodhi , sultan of Delhi (d.o.b. unknown)
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