1484

January–December

• March 26 - William Caxton, the first printer of books in English, prints his translation of Aesop's Fables in London.
• May 30 - Charles VIII of France is crowned.
• June 22 - First known book printed by a woman, Anna Rügerin, an edition of Eike of Repgow's compendium of customary law, the Sachsenspiegel, produced in Augsburg.
• July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
• July 22 - Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, is defeated by forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
• August 29 - Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV, as the 213th pope.
• September 21 - Treaty of Nottingham: A three-year truce between the kingdoms of England and Scotland is signed.
• December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII issues the Papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus, giving the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and witches in Germany, led by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger.

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• The first sugar mill becomes operational in the Gran Canaria.
• The first cuirassier units are formed in Austria.
• The King of Portugal appoints a commission of mathematicians to perfect tables, to help seamen find their latitude.
• Maximilian I, Duke of Burgundy, orders foreign merchants to leave Bruges. Most merchants move to Antwerp, greatly contributing to its growth as an international trading center.
• Battle of Leitzersdorf: The Imperial Army of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated by the Hungarians.