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1489

1489 - 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.

1489 - 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)
• William Farel, French evangelist (died 1565)
• Francesco Ferruccio, Florentine captain (died 1530)
• Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (died 1527)
• Thomas Muentzer, German pastor and rebel leader (died 1525)
• Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese warlord (died 1520)
• Tsukahara Bokuden, Japanese swordsman (died 1571)

1489 - Deaths

• April 26 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (born 1465)
• April 28 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (born c. 1449)

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