1491
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Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s |
Years: | 1488 1489 1490 – 1491 – 1492 1493 1494 |
1491 by topic |
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Arts and science |
Architecture - Art |
Politics |
State leaders - Sovereign states |
Birth and death categories |
Births - Deaths |
Establishments and disestablishments categories |
Establishments - Disestablishments |
Art and literature |
1491 in poetry |
Gregorian calendar | 1491 MCDXCI |
Ab urbe condita | 2244 |
Armenian calendar | 940 ԹՎ ՋԽ |
Assyrian calendar | 6241 |
Bengali calendar | 898 |
Berber calendar | 2441 |
English Regnal year | 6 Hen. 7 – 7 Hen. 7 |
Buddhist calendar | 2035 |
Burmese calendar | 853 |
Byzantine calendar | 6999–7000 |
Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4187 or 4127 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4188 or 4128 |
Coptic calendar | 1207–1208 |
Discordian calendar | 2657 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1483–1484 |
Hebrew calendar | 5251–5252 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1547–1548 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1412–1413 |
- Kali Yuga | 4591–4592 |
Holocene calendar | 11491 |
Igbo calendar | 491–492 |
Iranian calendar | 869–870 |
Islamic calendar | 896–897 |
Japanese calendar | Entoku 3 (延徳3年) |
Javanese calendar | 1408–1409 |
Julian calendar | 1491 MCDXCI |
Korean calendar | 3824 |
Minguo calendar | 421 before ROC 民前421年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 23 |
Thai solar calendar | 2033–2034 |
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Year 1491 (MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
January–December[edit]
- May 3 – The ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, Nkuwu Nzinga, is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
- November – The pretender Perkin Warbeck begins a campaign to take the English throne with a landing in Ireland.[1]
- November 7 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary sign the Peace of Pressburg, giving formal end to the Austrian–Hungarian War.
- November 16 – An auto-da-fé held in Brasero de la Dehesa (outside Ávila) concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
- November 25 – Reconquista: The Granada War is effectively brought to an end (and the Siege of Granada extended for 2 months) with the signing of the Treaty of Granada between the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Moorish Emirate of Granada.
- December 6 – King Charles VIII of France marries Anne of Brittany, forcing her to break her marriage with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France.
- December 21 – Truce of Coldstream secures a 5-year peace between Scotland and England.[1]
Date unknown[edit]
- Bread and Cheese Revolt breaks out in North Holland.
- A major fire breaks out in Dresden.
- In the Russian territory of Komi (now the Komi Republic), annexed by Russia in 1478, copper and silver ores are discovered, and the territory gains importance as a mining and metallurgical center.
- Nicolaus Copernicus enters the University of Kraków.
Births[edit]
- January 30 – Francesco Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1512)
- March 25 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, French nobility (d. 1549)
- May 10 – Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (d. 1521)
- June 28 – Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
- August 3 – Maria of Jülich-Berg, Spouse of John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1543)
- August 10 – Queen Janggyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1515)
- August 25 – Innocenzo Cybo, Catholic cardinal (d. 1550)
- October 6 – Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol, French noble (d. 1545)
- October 26 – Zhengde Emperor, of China (d. 1521)
- November 8 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)
- November 11 – Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer (d. 1551)
- December 13 – Martín de Azpilcueta, Spanish theologian and economist (d. 1586)
- December 24 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order (d. 1556)
- December 26 – Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1546)
- December 31 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
- date unknown
- Lapu-Lapu, Filipino king (d. 1542)
- Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1546)
- date unknown – Isabella Losa, Spanish scholar (d. 1564)
- probable
- George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptism (d. 1529)
- Antonio Pigafetta, Italian explorer (d. 1534)
Deaths[edit]
- March 6: Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
- July 13: Afonso, Prince of Portugal (b. 1475)
- October 5: Jean Balue, French cardinal and statesman (b. c. 1421)
- October 12: Fritz Herlen, German artist (b. 1449)
- December 28: Bertoldo di Giovanni, sculptor (b. c. 1435)
- date unknown: John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (b. 1442)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 135–138. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.