1489

Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s
Years:	1486 1487 1488 - 1489 - 1490 1491 1492

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Year 1489 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1489

March 14 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
March 26 - The Treaty of Medina del Campo between England and Spain includes provision for a marriage between Arthur, the son of King Henry VII of England, and Princess Catherine of Aragon.
November 29 - Arthur Tudor is named Prince of Wales.
December 11 - Jeannetto de Tassis is appointed Chief Master of Postal Services in Innsbruck; his descendants, the Thurn and Taxis family, later run much of the postal system of Europe.

The Great British pound, called a sovereign, is issued for Henry VII of England.
Typhus sweeps through Spain, in its first appearance in Europe.
Nicosia, Cyprus, becomes a possession of Venice.
King Henry VII gives a city charter to Southwold.
Lucas Watzenrode becomes bishop of Warmia.

April 15 - Sinan, Turkish architect (d. 1588)
June 4 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
July 2 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556)
August 10 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)
November 28 - Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland) (d. 1541)
August - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (d. 1534)
date unknown
- William Farel, French evangelist (d. 1565)
- Francesco Ferruccio, Florentine captain (d. 1530)
- Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese warlord (d. 1520)
- Tsukahara Bokuden, Japanese swordsman (d. 1571)
probable
- Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (d. 1527)
- Thomas Muentzer, German pastor and rebel leader (d. 1525)