What happened in 1488

July 31 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit the island of Trinidad. August 1 – Columbus discovers the mouth of the Orinoco. August 4–12 – Columbus explores the Gulf of Paria. September 20 – 1498 Nankai earthquake off the coast of Japan.

January–December

March 14 – The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to the Republic of 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.

June 24 – John Cabot lands in North America (near present day Bonavista, Newfoundland). July 8 – Vasco da Gama’s fleet departs from Lisbon, beginning his expedition to India. September 7 – Second Cornish Uprising in England: Perkin Warbeck lands near Land’s End; on September 10 he is proclaimed as King in Bodmin.

January–December

July 22 – Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. July 28 – First Battle of Lepanto: The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over the Venetians. … September 22 – Treaty of Basel: Maximilian is forced to grant the Swiss de facto independence.

The Acts of Union, passed by the English and Scottish Parliaments in 1707, led to the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 May of that year. The UK Parliament met for the first time in October 1707.

Wars of Religion, (1562–98) conflicts in France between Protestants and Roman Catholics. … Its partisans massacred a Huguenot congregation at Vassy (1562), causing an uprising in the provinces. Many inconclusive skirmishes followed, and compromises were reached in 1563, 1568, and 1570.

In 1513, King Henry VIII of England declared war on France and invaded the country. King James IV of Scotland then promptly declared war on his old enemy and headed south in an attempt to divert Henry’s attention away from France. … The Scottish army drew itself up on a hill and prepared to fight a defensive battle.

1519: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, having sworn allegiance to Spain, sets sail from Seville for what will be the first successful circumnavigation of the Earth. … After crossing the Atlantic Ocean and coming to the coast of modern-day Brazil, Magellan and his squadron of five ships turned south.

July–December. July 28 – The English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege. August 13 – Northern Seven Years’ War: War against the Kingdom of Sweden is declared by Denmark–Norway and the Free City of Lübeck.

June 17 – The Night Attack: Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. June 30 – Battle of Seckenheim: Frederick I, Elector Palatine is victorious over four other opponents. July 22 – The first siege of Chilia by Stephen the Great fails, and he is seriously wounded.

October 18 – Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin, in the climax of their ongoing conflicts. November 28 – The Treaty of Vilnius is concluded during the Livonian War, between the Livonian Confederation and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The plague devastated Britain in 1564 and we are lucky that Shakespeare survived being born at the time. More than 200 people died in Stratford, which was around 1/6^th of the population.

In early September 1565, Aviles founded San Augustin on the Florida coast, which would later grow into Saint Augustine–the oldest European-founded city in North America. Two weeks later, on September 20, he attacked and destroyed the French settlement of Fort Caroline.

1852 (MDCCCLII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1852nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 852nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1850s …

December 16–19 – Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President Bill Clinton orders American and British airstrikes on Iraq. UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq. … December 19 – Lewinsky scandal: President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives.

The Most Historically Significant Person Who Died in 1564 Was Michelangelo. Fame Meter (79/100) Likely to be known 100 years from now.

The Birth of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in April 1564. … Shakespeare’s baptism is recorded in the Parish Register at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon on Wednesday 26 April 1564.

February 2 – Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes on the slopes between Mount Sumagaya and Mount Lumot in Claveria, Misamis Oriental, killing all 104 people on board. It is once considered as the country’s worst air accident since 1964, before another one happened in 2000.

January to March. 1 January – The Election Commission announces 16 February as the starting date of the general elections. 11 January – Sonia Gandhi launches her election campaign at Sriperumbudur, where her husband was assassinated. 14–15 February – 1998 Coimbatore bombings.

You find that 1998 was not just a great year for movies. It was an incredible one. It boasted not just a deep bench of quality independent films and foreign films, but – here”s the shocker – a long list of good to great big-budget studio movies.