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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1491''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDXCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
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== Events ==
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=== January–December ===
* [[January 2]] – [[Alain I of Albret]] signs the Treaty of Moulins with [[Charles VIII of France]].
* [[March]] – The [[French–Breton War]] resumes.
* [[March 19]]−[[March 20|20]] – Alain I of Albret captures the [[Château des ducs de Bretagne]] for the French.
* [[April 23]]
** [[Granada War|Granada is besieged]] by the [[Catholic Monarchs of Spain]].
**[[Santa Fe, Granada]] is founded.
* [[May]] – The [[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491)]] between the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the [[Egypt]]ian [[Mamluk]]s ends.
* [[May 3]] – The ruler of the [[Kingdom of Kongo]], Nkuwu Nzinga, is baptised by [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of [[João I of Kongo|João I]].
* [[May 8]] – A solar eclipse takes place over [[Metz]].<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Jean |last1=Aubrion |first2=Pierre |last2=Aubrion |title=Journal de Jehan Aubrion, bourgeois de Metz |publisher=F. Blanc |year=1857 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQhXAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
* early [[September]] – [[Battle of Vrpile]] Gulch in southern [[Croatia]]: Forces of the [[Ottoman Empire]] were defeated by those of the [[Croatia in the union with Hungary|Kingdom of Croatia]].▼
* [[June 27]] – [[Louis XII of France|Louis of Orléans]] is released by Charles VIII of France after three years of imprisonment.
* November – The pretender [[Perkin Warbeck]] begins a campaign to take the [[English throne]] with a landing in Ireland.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|author2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=135–138|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>▼
▲*
▲* [[November]] – The pretender [[Perkin Warbeck]] begins a campaign to take the [[English throne]], with a landing in Ireland.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|
* [[November 16]] – An ''[[auto-da-fé]]'' held in Brasero de la Dehesa (outside [[Ávila, Spain|Ávila]]) concludes the case of the [[Holy Child of La Guardia]] with the execution of several Jewish and [[converso]] suspects.▼
* [[November
▲* [[November 16]] – An ''[[auto-da-fé]]'' held in Brasero de la Dehesa (outside [[Ávila, Spain|Ávila]]) concludes the case of the [[Holy Child of La Guardia]], with the execution of several Jewish and [[converso]] suspects.
* [[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.▼
* [[November 25]] – ''[[Reconquista]]'': The [[Granada War]] is effectively brought to an end (and the Siege of Granada extended for two months) with the signing of the [[Treaty of Granada]] between the [[Catholic Monarchs]] of Spain and the Moorish [[Emirate of Granada]].
* [[December 21]] – [[Truce of Coldstream]] secures a 5-year peace between [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref name=CBH/>▼
▲* [[December 6]] – King [[Charles VIII of France]] marries [[Anne of Brittany]], forcing her to break her marriage contract with [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], thus incorporating [[Brittany]] into the kingdom of France.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Jean Knecht|title=The Valois: Kings of France, 1328-1589|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-vILAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Hambledon and London|isbn=978-1-85285-420-1|page=92}}</ref>
▲* [[December 21]] –
=== Date unknown ===
* In the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] the reign of [[Ramathibodi II]] begins.
* The population of [[China]] reaches 56.238 million.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Denis |last1=Crispin Twitchett |first2=Frederick |last2=W. Mote |first3=John |last3=King Fairbank |title=The Cambridge History of China |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1998 |isbn=9780521243339 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVhvh6ibLJcC&pg=PA14}}</ref>
* The [[Bread and Cheese Revolt]] breaks out in [[West Friesland (region)|West Frisia]], [[North Holland]], caused by a famine among the peasants due to bad weather conditions.
* A major fire breaks out in [[Dresden]].
* In the Russian territory of Komi (
* [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] enters the [[University of Kraków]]
== Births ==
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* [[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]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry VIII {{!}} Biography, Wives, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 3]] – [[Maria of Jülich-Berg]],
* [[August 10]] – [[Queen Janggyeong (Joseon)|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]])
* c. [[October
* [[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 31]] – [[Jacques Cartier]], French explorer (d. [[1557]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan Gordon|title=The Hero and the Historians: Historiography and the Uses of Jacques Cartier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fYFSAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|year=2010|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-1743-1|pages=2}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[
** [[Azai Sukemasa]], Japanese samurai and warlord (d. [[1546]])
*
* ''probable''
** [[George Blaurock]], Swiss founder of Anabaptism (d. [[1529]])
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== Deaths ==
* [[January 19]] – [[Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg]] (b. [[1420]])
* [[February 15]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshimi]], brother of
* [[February 19]] – [[Enno I, Count of East Frisia]] (1466–1491) (b. [[1460]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers]]
* [[March 31]] – [[Bonaventura Tornielli]], Italian Roman Catholic priest (b. [[1411]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Filippo Strozzi the Elder]], Italian banker (b. [[1428]])
* [[July 13]] – [[Afonso, Prince of Portugal]] (b. [[1475]])
* [[July 16]] – [[William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English
* [[October 5]] – [[Jean Balue]], French cardinal and statesman (b. c. [[1421]])
* [[October 12]] – [[Fritz Herlen]], German artist (b. [[1449]])
* [[November 16]] – [[Holy Child of La Guardia]], Spanish [[folk saint]] (b. n/a)
* [[December 28]] – [[Bertoldo di Giovanni]], Italian sculptor (b. c. [[1435]])
* ''date unknown'' – [[
* ''date unknown'' – [[Musa ibn Abi al-Ghassan]], knight of Granada
* ''probable''
** [[February 9]] (according to the Libro dei Morti) – [[Antonia di Paolo di Dono]], Italian artist and daughter of [[Paolo di Dono]]
== References ==
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