1488

1488 (MCDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1488th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 488th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1480s decade. As of the start of 1488, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

• January 6 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German Latin poet (d. 1540)
• January 20
  • John George, Marquess of Montferrat, Italian noble (d. 1533)
  • Sebastian Münster, German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (d. 1552)
• March 19 – Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
• April 16 – Jungjong of Joseon (d. 1544)
• April 21 – Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (d. 1523)
• May 1 – Sidonie of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1505)
• May 5 – Lê Uy Mục, Eighth king of the later Lê dynasty of Vietnam (d. 1509)
• May 7 – John III of the Palatinate, Administrator of the Bishopric of Regensburg (d. 1538)
• June – Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (d. 1563)
• June 29 – Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (d. 1560)
• July 15 – Juan Álvarez de Toledo, Catholic cardinal (d. 1557)
• October 17 – Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1510)
• December 1 – Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied, German noblewoman (d. 1559)
• December 15 – Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria (d. 1550)
• date unknown
  • Rabbi Yosef Karo, Jewish scholar (d. 1575)
  • Oswald Myconius, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1552)
  • Jan Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (d. 1561)
  • Thomas of Villanova, Spanish bishop (d. 1555)
  • Gustav Trolle, Archbishop of Uppsala (d. 1533)
• probable
  • Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1544)
  • Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (d. 1525)
  • Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (d. 1568)
  • Lütfi Pasha, Ottoman statesman (d. 1564)

• April 14 – Girolamo Riario, Lord of Imola and Forli (b. 1443)
• June 11 – King James III of Scotland (b. c. 1451)
• July 18 – Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)
• July 28 – Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier)
• September 9 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (fell from a horse) (b. 1433)
• September 13 – Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1434)
• October 10 – Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)
• date unknown
  • John II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1426)
  • Iizasa Ienao, Japanese swordsman (b. c. 1387)