WHAT HAPPENED IN 1484.
Look what happened the 1484.

The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England. (2. March 1484)

William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables. (26. March 1484)

Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River. (6. July 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. (22. July 1484)

Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV. (29. August 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. (5. December 1484)

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