Historical Events
- Jan 23 Parliament of English King Richard III opens, passes Titulus Regis, (Richard's right to the throne)
- Mar 26 William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables
- Jul 6 Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River
- Jul 22 Battle of Lochmaben Fair - a 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured
- Aug 29 Giovanni Battista Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII
Famous People Born in 1484
- Jan 1 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
- Jan 17 George Spalatin, German humanist, reformer and important figure in the Reformation, born in Spalt, Bavaria (d. 1545)
- Feb 21 Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)
- Mar 29 Johann Spangenberg, German theologist and composer, born in Hardegsen, Germany (d. 1550)
- Apr 12 Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, born in Florence (d. 1546)
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Famous People in 1484
Leonardo da VinciFamous People Who Died in 1484
- Mar 4 Saint Casimir, Crown Prince of Poland dies at 25
- Apr 9 Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473), son of Richard III King of England
- Aug 12 Sixtus IV [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
- Aug 12 George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher (b. 1395)
- Aug 28 Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered