Editing 1487

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{{C15 year in topic}}[[File:Uomo Vitruviano.jpg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci's ''Vitruvian Man'']]Year '''1487''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[Richard Foxe]] becomes [[Bishop of Exeter]].
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Sigismund, Archduke of Austria]], largely on the poor advice of his counselors, declares war on [[Venice]], and seizes silver mines in and around the [[Sugana Valley]].
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Lambert Simnel]] is crowned King "Edward VI of England" in [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin]], Ireland.<ref name="KilfeatherKilfeather2005">{{cite book|author1=Siobhán Marie Kilfeather|author2=Siobhan Kilfeather|title=Dublin: A Cultural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QWZRVAPa6sC&pg=PA37|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-518201-9|pages=37}}</ref> He claims to be [[Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick]], and challenges [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] for the throne of England, where he lands on [[June 5]].
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Battle of Stoke Field]]: The rebellion of pretender [[Lambert Simnel]], led by [[John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln]], and [[Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell]], is crushed by troops loyal to Henry VII.<ref name="Burne2005">{{cite book|author=A.H Burne|title=The Battlefields of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTDAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA305|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-84415-206-3|pages=305}}</ref>
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Bartolomeu Dias]] leaves Lisbon, on his voyage to the [[Cape of Good Hope]].
* [[August 13]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Málaga (1487)]] ends, when the Spanish take the city.
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Hongzhi Emperor|Hongzhi]] becomes Emperor of China ([[Ming Dynasty]]).
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria]] promulgates the ''[[Reinheitsgebot]]'', specifying three ingredients – water, malt and hops – for the brewing of beer.

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* [[Afonso de Paiva]] and [[Pêro da Covilhã]] travel overland from Lisbon, in search of the Kingdom of [[Prester John]] ([[Ethiopia]]).
* The [[witch-hunt]]ers' manual ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'', written by [[Heinrich Kramer]] with [[Jacob Sprenger]], is published at [[Speyer]] in the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
* [[Aztec]] emperor [[Ahuitzotl]] dedicates the Great Temple Pyramid of [[Tenochtitlán]], with thousands of human sacrifices.
* Italian architects work on the [[Moscow Kremlin]].
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] creates his ''[[Vitruvian Man]]'' drawing (''approximate date'').<ref>{{cite book |last1=Irby |first1=Beverly |last2=Brown |first2=Genevieve H. |last3=LaraAiecio |first3=Rafael |last4=Jackson |first4=Dr Shirley A. |title=Handbook of Educational Theories |date=2013 |publisher=IAP |isbn=9781617358678 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awIoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA47|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Stockport Grammar School]] is founded, in the north of [[Kingdom of England|England]].
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== Births ==
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Queen Dangyeong]], Korean royal consort (d. [[1557]])
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg]] (d. [[1550]])
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Henry of the Palatinate]], bishop of Utrecht (d. [[1552]])
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen]] (d. [[1559]])
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Johann Gramann]], German theologian (d. [[1541]])
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Ismail I]], [[Safavid dynasty|Shah of Persia]] (d. [[1524]])
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Anna of Brandenburg]], Duchess of Schleswig and Holstein (d. [[1514]])
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Pope Julius III]] (d. [[1555]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Julius III {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-III |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg]], German nobleman (d. [[1553]])
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[John III of Pernstein]], Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. [[1548]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Amda Seyon II]], Emperor of Ethiopia (d. [[1494]])
** [[Magdalena de la Cruz]], Franciscan nun of Cordova (d. [[1560]])
** [[Fray Tomás de Berlanga]], Bishop of Panama (d. [[1551]])
** [[Piotr Gamrat]], Polish Catholic archbishop (d. [[1545]])
** [[Stanisław Kostka (1475–1555)|Stanisław Kostka]], Polish noble (d. [[1555]])
** [[Pedro de Mendoza]], Spanish conquistador (d. [[1537]])
** [[Michael Stifel]], German mathematician (d. [[1567]])
** [[Giovanni da Udine]], Italian painter (d. [[1564]])
** [[Peter Vischer the Younger]], German sculptor (d. [[1528]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Nicholas of Flüe]], Swiss hermit and saint (b. [[1417]])
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[Tilokaraj]], king of [[Lan Na]] (b. [[1409]])
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln]] (b. c. [[1463]])<ref name="Burne2005"/>
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[John Argyropoulos]], Greek philosopher
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus]] (b. [[1436]])
* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[Maria of Cleves]], French noble (b. [[1426]])
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Chenghua Emperor]] of [[China]] (b. [[1447]])
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Mara Branković]], Serbian princess (b. [[1416]]) 
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley]], Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. [[1400]])
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Antonio Bettini]], Italian religious writer (b. [[1396]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel]] (b. [[1417]])
** [[Tlacaelel]], high priest of Tenochtitlán (b. [[1398]])

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