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Year 1491 (MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • 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.
  • 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.

    • Date unknown

  • 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

  • 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)
  • Isabella Losa, Spanish scholar (d. 1564)
  • probable
  • George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptism (d. 1529)
  • Antonio Pigafetta, Italian explorer (d. 1534)

    • 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)

    • References

    1491 Wikipedia
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