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Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 - 1488 - 1489 1490 1491 1492 1493 Events February 3 - Bartholomeu Diaz 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. Battle of St.Aubin-du-Cormier[?]. Troops loyal to King Charles VIII of France defeat rebel forces led by the Duke of Orleans and Brittany[?] in the main engagement of the Mad War[?]. Xiao Zong[?] becomes emperor of China (Ming dynasty). James IV succeeds his father James III as King of Scotland. Jasper Tudor takes possession of Cardiff Castle. Michelangelo Buonarroti becomes apprentice[?] to Domenico Ghirlandaio. Births Correggio, Italian painter Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (+ 1568) Rabbi Yosef Karo, Jewish scholar (+ 1575) Sebastian Muenster, scholar, cartographer, cosmographer[?] Ursula Southeil, prophetess (conjectural date) Deaths June 11 - James III of Scotland
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s
Years: 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 - 1488 - 1489 1490 1491 1492 1493
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