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Year '''1491''' was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
== Events of 1491 ==
* [[February 20]] — The "Comet of 1491" comes 873,784 miles away from earth, the closest ever recorded.
* [[May 3]] — [[Kingdom of Kongo|Kongo]] monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of [[João I of Kongo|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]].
===Undated===
* 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."
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==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]])
==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]])
==Sciences==
* [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] enters [[Kraków]] [[University]].
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