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...
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Isle of Wight (redirect from Isle of Wight Act 1488)
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...
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Tithe (redirect from Dismes Act 1488)
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...
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Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg (redirect from George III, Truchsess of Waldburg in Wolfegg and Zeil (1488–1531))
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...
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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...
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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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Michelangelo (section Early life, 1475–1488)
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...
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Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450 – 29 May 1500) was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa...
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Monmouth cap (redirect from Hats and Caps Act 1488)
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...
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