Editing 1488 (section)

== Events ==

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 8]] &ndash; The [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] is formed, by the decree of [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximillian of Austria]].
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Bartolomeu Dias]] of Portugal lands in [[Mossel Bay]], after rounding the [[Cape of Good Hope]] at the tip of Africa, becoming the first known European to travel this far south, and entering the [[Indian Ocean]]. 
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Choe Bu]] (1454&ndash;1504), the Korean Commissioner of Registers for the island of [[Jeju Island|Cheju]], shipwrecks on the south east coast of China in [[Taizhou, Zhejiang]].
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sauchieburn]]: [[James IV of Scotland]] becomes king after his father is killed in action.<ref name=James>{{cite book|author1=Richard Oram|author2=Richard D. Oram|author3=Geoffrey Stell|title=Lordship and Architecture in Medieval and Renaissance Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-LVAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=John Donald|isbn=978-0-85976-628-9|page=147}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Joseon Dynasty]] official [[Choe Bu]] returns to Korea, after months of shipwrecked travel in China.<ref>[[Timothy Brook (historian)|Brook, Timothy]]. (1998). ''[[The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China]]''. Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|0-520-22154-0}} (Paperback), p. 51.</ref>
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (1488)|Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier]]: Troops loyal to King [[Charles VIII of France]] defeat rebel forces, led by the Dukes of [[Louis XII of France|Orleans]] and [[Francis II of Brittany|Brittany]], in the main engagement of the [[Mad War]].<ref name="LoweSeymour-Davies2000">{{cite book|author1=Alfonso Lowe|author2=Hugh Seymour-Davies|title=The Companion Guide to the South of Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vy_v0vWgkzsC&pg=PA242|year=2000|publisher=Companion Guides|isbn=978-1-900639-33-0|pages=242}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Anne of Brittany]] becomes [[Duchess of Brittany]] at the age of 11. Her marriage to King Charles VIII in [[1491]] effectively ends Breton independence from France.

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* [[Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford]], takes possession of [[Cardiff Castle]].
* [[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] becomes [[apprentice]] to [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]].
* The city of [[Bikaner]] in western India is founded by [[Rao Bika]].
* ''[[Rathbornes Candles]]'' is established in [[Dublin]]; the company is still trading in the 21st century.