1489

1489 is the 247^th prime number, counting upwards from 1.

It is also a centered triangular number

• Catherine Cornaro, the Queen of Cyprus, sold/ceded her island kingdom to Venice.
• Arthur Tudor became Prince of Wales.
• Typhus began its massive assualt on Europe, first showing up in Spain.
• Eclectic and self-taught Italian painter Antonio de Correggio was born.
• Ashikaga Yoshihisa, 9th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, died without heir, causing a struggle for succession between his younger brothers.
• Spain captured the Baza area from the Moors in the Battle of Baza.
• The first of three monuments were constructed in honor of the Israelites in China (of all places). The monument was called the Qing Zheng Temple.
• Bohemian mathematician Johan Widman (or Windmann in some sources) became the first person to print a publication including the use of the symbols "+" and "-".
• Bahlol Khan Lodhi, founder of the Lodhi dynasty in the kingdom of Jaunpur (now in India), died. His second son, Sikander Khan Lodhi was named sultan.
• The Vienna Boys Choir is founded. In Vienna.

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