1487 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1450s 1460s 1470s – 1480s – 1490s 1500s 1510s
Years:	1484 1485 1486 – 1487 – 1488 1489 1490

The year 1487 was a common year which started on Monday.

Events

Aztec emperor Ahuitzotl dedicates the Great Temple Pyramid of Tenochtitlan with thousands of human sacrifices.

February 7 – Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1557)
February 8 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)
February 15 – Henry of the Palatinate, bishop of Utrecht (d. 1552)
April 10 – William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (d. 1559)
July 5 – Johann Gramann, German theologian (d. 1541)
July 16 – Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (d. 1530)
July 17 – Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
August 27 – Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Schleswig and Holstein (d. 1514)
September 10 – Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
October 5 – Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1553)
November 14 – John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. 1548)

March 21 – Nicholas of Flüe, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)
June 16 – John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (b. c. 1463)
June 26 – John Argyropoulos, philosopher
July 16 – Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (b. 1436)
September 9 – Chenghua Emperor of China (b. 1447)
September 14 – Mara Branković, Serbian princess (b. 1416)
September 30 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
October 22 – Antonio Bettini, religious writer (b. 1396)
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- William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417)
- Tlacaelel, high priest of Tenochtitlán (b. 1397)