Years: 1486 1487 1488 - 1489 - 1490 1491 1492

Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• March 14 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
• November 29 - Arthur Tudor is named Prince of Wales.
• December 11 - Jeannetto de Tassis is appointed appointed Chief Master of Postal Services in Innsbruck, his descendants the Turn und Taxis family later run much of the postal system of Europe.
• 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

• July 2 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII (d. 1556)
• November 28- Margaret Tudor (dau. Henry VII of England)
• Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (d. 1534)

Deaths

• April 26 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Ashikaga shogun