Historical Events Aug 29 Giovanni Battista Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII Famous Deaths Aug 12 George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher (b. 1395) Aug 12 Sixtus IV [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies Aug 23 Diogo, Duke of Viseu, murdered by his cousin, King João II of Portugal at 34 1483 History by Year 1485 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z