1491
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2016) |
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
---|---|
Centuries: | |
Decades: | |
Years: |
|
1491 by topic |
---|
Arts and science |
|
Leaders |
|
Birth and death categories |
Births – Deaths |
Establishments and disestablishments categories |
Establishments – Disestablishments |
Art and literature |
1491 in poetry |
421 before ROC 民前421年 | |
Nanakshahi calendar | 23 |
Thai solar calendar | 2033–2034 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1617 or 1236 or 464 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1618 or 1237 or 465 |
Year 1491 (MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Events
January–December
- January 2 – Alain I of Albret signs the Treaty of Moulins with Charles VIII of France.
- March – The French–Breton War resumes.
- March 19−20 – Alain I of Albret captures the Château des ducs de Bretagne for the French.
- April 23
- Granada is besieged by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.
- Santa Fe, Granada is founded.
- May – The war between the Ottoman Empire and the Egyptian Mamluks ends.
- May 3 – The ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, Nkuwu Nzinga, is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
- May 8 – A solar eclipse takes place over Metz.[1]
- Louis of Orléansis released by Charles VIII of France after three years of imprisonment.
- Kingdom of Croatia.
- English throne, with a landing in Ireland.[2]
- Austrian–Hungarian War.
- Ávila) concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia, with the execution of several Jewish and conversosuspects.
- 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.[3]
- December 21 – The Truce of Coldstream secures a five-year peace, between Scotland and England.[2]
Date unknown
- In the Ayutthaya Kingdom the reign of Ramathibodi II begins.
- The population of China reaches 56.238 million.[4]
- The Bread and Cheese Revolt breaks out in West Frisia, North Holland, caused by a famine among the peasants due to bad weather conditions.
- 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.
- University of Kraków.
Births
- 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)
- 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)
- c. October 23 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order (d. 1556)
- 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 31 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)[6]
- date unknown
- Lapulapu, Filipino king (d. 1542)
- Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1546)
- Isabella Losa, Spanish scholar (d. 1564)
- probable
- George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptism (d. 1529)
- Antonio Pigafetta, Italian explorer (d. 1534)
Deaths
- January 19 – Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (b. 1420)
- February 15 – Ashikaga Yoshimi, brother of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (b. 1439)
- February 19 – Enno I, Count of East Frisia (1466–1491) (b. 1460)
- March 6 – Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
- March 31 – Bonaventura Tornielli, Italian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1411)
- May 14 – Filippo Strozzi the Elder, Italian banker (b. 1428)
- Afonso, Prince of Portugal (b. 1475)
- July 16 – William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English earl (b. 1451)
- October 5 – Jean Balue, French cardinal and statesman (b. c. 1421)
- October 12 – Fritz Herlen, German artist (b. 1449)
- November 16 – Holy Child of La Guardia, Spanish folk saint (b. n/a)
- December 28 – Bertoldo di Giovanni, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)
- date unknown – Anne of Orléans, Abbess of Fontevraud (b. 1464)
- date unknown – Musa ibn Abi al-Ghassan, knight of Granada
- probable
- Paolo di Dono
References
- ^ Aubrion, Jean; Aubrion, Pierre (1857). Journal de Jehan Aubrion, bourgeois de Metz. F. Blanc.
- ^ ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ISBN 978-1-85285-420-1.
- ISBN 9780521243339.
- ^ "Henry VIII | Biography, Wives, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-7748-1743-1.