1484 Calendar
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1484 Historical Event(s)
March 26, 1484
– William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop’s Fables.
July 6, 1484
– Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
July 22, 1484
– 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.
December 5, 1484
– Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany and leads to one of the most oppressive witch hunts in European history.
Who Were Born On 1484?
January 1, 1484
– Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss religious figure (d. 1531)
January 17, 1484
– George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545)
February 21, 1484
– Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (d. 1535)
March 4, 1484
– George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, follower of Martin Luther (d. 1543)
April 12, 1484
– Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)
April 23, 1484
– Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian philosopher (d. 1558)
November 29, 1484
– Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)