1491
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This article is about the year 1491. For the history book by Charles C. Mann, see 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.
| 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 |
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| 1491 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1491 MCDXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2244 |
| Armenian calendar | 940 ԹՎ ՋԽ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6241 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -353–-352 |
| 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 | 庚戌年十一月廿一日 (4127/4187-11-21) — to —
辛亥年十二月初一日(4128/4188-12-1) |
| Coptic calendar | 1207–1208 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1483–1484 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5251–5252 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1547–1548 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1413–1414 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4592–4593 |
| Holocene calendar | 11491 |
| Iranian calendar | 869–870 |
| Islamic calendar | 896–897 |
| Japanese calendar | Entoku 3 (延徳3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3824 |
| Minguo calendar | 421 before ROC 民前421年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2034 |
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Year 1491 (MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–December
- February 20: The "Comet of 1491" comes 873,784 miles (1,406,219 km) away from earth, the closest ever recorded.
- May 3: Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
- 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: The siege of Granada, last stronghold of the Moors in Spain, begins.
- 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.
[edit] Date unknown
- Nicolaus Copernicus enters Kraków University.
- 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.
- The outbreak of Bread and Cheese Revolt in North Holland.
[edit] Births
- June 28: King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
- November 11: Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer (d. 1551)
- October 26: Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1536)
- November 8: Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)
- December 24: Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1556)
- December 26: Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1546)
- December 31: Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
- date unknown
- Lapu-Lapu, Filipino warrior (d. 1542)
- Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1546)
- probable
- George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptism (d. 1529)
- Antonio Pigafetta, Italian explorer (d. 1534)
[edit] Deaths
- 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)
