1491

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Years:	1488 1489 1490 - 1491 - 1492 1493 1494

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Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

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

Contents 1 Events of 1491 1.1 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events of 1491

• February 20 — The "Comet of 1491" comes 873,784 miles 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 de fe, held in Brasero de la Dehesa outside of 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] Undated

• 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.
• Isabella d'Este, duchess of Mantua, instructs her agent to secure a black girl between 4 and 8 years old, "shapely and as black as possible." "We shall make her very happy and shall have great fun with her."

1491 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1491 MCDXCI
Ab urbe condita	2244
Armenian calendar	940 ԹՎ ՋԽ
Bahá'í calendar	-353 – -352
Berber calendar	2441
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	1546 – 1547
- 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
Thai solar calendar	2034
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[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, Crown 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)