Year 1488 (MCDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. January 8 – The Royal Netherlands Navy is formed, by the decree of...

The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ WYTE) is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, 2 to 5 miles (3 to 8 kilometres) off the coast...

A tithe (/taɪð/; from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory...

Georg III Truchsess von Waldburg-Zeil (Waldsee, 25 January 1488 – Bad Waldsee, 29 May 1531), also known as Bauernjörg, was a Swabian League Army Commander...

Elisabeth of Cleves Born October 1, 1420 Died March 1488 Noble family House of La Marck Spouse(s) Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg Father Adolph I...

Dias continued down the western coast of southern Africa. After 8 January 1488, prevented by storms from proceeding along the coast, he sailed out of sight...

figure drawing and portraiture who had the largest workshop in Florence. In 1488, at age 13, Michelangelo was apprenticed to Ghirlandaio. The next year, his...

Wallachia (also known as Vlad the Impaler) medieval ruler of Wallachia, published in Nuremberg in 1488. The most famous Romanian ruler in world history....

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a large portion of the population of England and Wales." The Cappers Act 1488 (4 Hen. 7. c. 9) forbade, on penalty of a fine, the wearing of foreign-made...