1491 39488 222945307 2008-07-01T21:22:54Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1491]] {{Otheruses4 |year 1491| the history book by [[Charles C. Mann]]| 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus }} {{year nav|1491}} {{C15YearInTopicX}} 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." {{Year in other calendars}} ==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]]. [[Category:1491|1491]] [[af:1491]] [[am:1491 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1491]] [[an:1491]] [[ast:1491]] [[az:1491]] [[bn:১৪৯১]] [[map-bms:1491]] [[be:1491]] [[be-x-old:1491]] [[bh:१४९१]] [[bs:1491]] [[br:1491]] [[bg:1491]] [[ca:1491]] [[cv:1491]] [[cs:1491]] [[co:1491]] [[cy:1491]] [[da:1491]] [[de:1491]] [[et:1491]] [[el:1491]] [[es:1491]] [[eo:1491]] [[eu:1491]] [[fr:1491]] [[fy:1491]] [[ga:1491]] [[gv:1491]] [[gd:1491]] [[gl:1491]] [[ko:1491년]] [[hy:1491]] [[hi:1491]] [[hr:1491.]] [[io:1491]] [[bpy:মারি ১৪৯১]] [[id:1491]] [[ia:1491]] [[os:1491]] [[is:1491]] [[it:1491]] [[he:1491]] [[jv:1491]] [[ka:1491]] [[sw:1491]] [[ht:1491 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:1491]] [[lb:1491]] [[lt:XV amžiaus 10-as dešimtmetis#1491]] [[lmo:1491]] [[hu:1491]] [[mk:1491]] [[mi:1491]] [[mr:इ.स. १४९१]] [[ms:1491]] [[nah:1491]] [[nl:1491]] [[new:१४९१]] [[ja:1491年]] [[nap:1491]] [[no:1491]] [[nn:1491]] [[nrm:1491]] [[oc:1491]] [[uz:1491]] [[pi:१४९१]] [[nds:1491]] [[pl:1491]] [[pt:1491]] [[ksh:Joohr 1491]] [[ro:1491]] [[ru:1491 год]] [[sa:१४९१]] [[sq:1491]] [[scn:1491]] [[simple:1491]] [[sk:1491]] [[sl:1491]] [[sr:1491]] [[su:1491]] [[fi:1491]] [[sv:1491]] [[tl:1491]] [[tt:1491]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2034]] [[tr:1491]] [[uk:1491]] [[vec:1491]] [[vo:1491]] [[vls:1491]] [[zh-yue:1491年]] [[zh:1491年]]