2nd March » The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.
6th July » Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
29th August » Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
5th December » Pope Innocent VIII issues the 'Summis desiderantes', a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger as inquisition e.g inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
Famous Birthdays in 1484
1st January » Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1531)
17th January » George Spalatin, German religious reformer (d. 1545)
21st February » Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1535)
4th March » George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1543)
23rd April » Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)
29th November » Joachim Vadian, Swiss physician, scholar, and politician (d. 1551)
Famous Deaths in History for 1484
4th March » Saint Casimir, Polish prince (b. 1458)
9th April » Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)