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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s |
| Years: | 1486 1487 1488 - 1489 - 1490 1491 1492 |
| 1489 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
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
- 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, in 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.
- India,Delhi: Sikander lodi succeds Bahlol Khan lodi.He conquers Jaunpur and other places.
| Gregorian calendar | 1489 MCDLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2242 |
| Armenian calendar | 938 ԹՎ ՋԼԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -355 – -354 |
| Berber calendar | 2439 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2033 |
| Burmese calendar | 851 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6997 – 6998 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年十一月三十日 (4125/4185-11-30) — to —
己酉年十二月初十日(4126/4186-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 1205 – 1206 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1481 – 1482 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5249 – 5250 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1544 – 1545 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1411 – 1412 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4590 – 4591 |
| Holocene calendar | 11489 |
| Iranian calendar | 867 – 868 |
| Islamic calendar | 894 – 895 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōkyō 3Entoku 1 (延徳元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3822 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2032 |
Births
- 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 of James 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
- 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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