1487 facts for kids

The year 1487 was a common year which started on Monday.

Events

• August – Bartolomeu Dias leaves Lisbon on his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope.

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• Aztec emperor Ahuitzotl dedicates the Great Temple Pyramid of Tenochtitlan with thousands of human sacrifices.

Births

• February 7 – Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1557)
• February 8 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)
• February 15 – Henry of the Palatinate, bishop of Utrecht (d. 1552)
• April 10 – William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (d. 1559)
• July 5 – Johann Gramann, German theologian (d. 1541)
• July 16 – Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (d. 1530)
• July 17 – Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
• August 27 – Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Schleswig and Holstein (d. 1514)
• September 10 – Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
• October 5 – Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1553)
• November 14 – John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. 1548)

Deaths

• March 21 – Nicholas of Flüe, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)
• June 16 – John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (b. c. 1463)
• June 26 – John Argyropoulos, philosopher
• July 16 – Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (b. 1436)
• September 9 – Chenghua Emperor of China (b. 1447)
• September 14 – Mara Branković, Serbian princess (b. 1416)
• September 30 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
• October 22 – Antonio Bettini, religious writer (b. 1396)
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  • William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417)
  • Tlacaelel, high priest of Tenochtitlán (b. 1397)

See also

In Spanish: 1487 para niños