Births on January 20

John George, Marquess of Montferrat

Born on January 20, 1488

John George, Marquess of Montferrat, Italian noble (d. 1533)

John George of Monferrat (20 January 1488 – 30 April 1533) was the last Marquis of Montferrat of the Palaeologus-Montferrat family.He was son of Boniface III, Marquis of Montferrat and his third wife Maria of Serbia, daughter of prince Stefan Branković of Serbia.

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John George, Marquess of Montferrat

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Events on 1488

3 Feb

Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.