1491

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1460s  1470s  1480s  – 1490s –  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years:	1488 1489 1490 – 1491 – 1492 1493 1494

1491 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1491 MCDXCI
Ab urbe condita	2244
Armenian calendar	940 ԹՎ ՋԽ
Assyrian calendar	6241
Balinese saka calendar	1412–1413
Bengali calendar	898
Berber calendar	2441
English Regnal year	6 Hen. 7 – 7 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar	2035
Burmese calendar	853
Byzantine calendar	6999–7000
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4187 or 4127     — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4188 or 4128
Coptic calendar	1207–1208
Discordian calendar	2657
Ethiopian calendar	1483–1484
Hebrew calendar	5251–5252
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1547–1548
- Shaka Samvat	1412–1413
- Kali Yuga	4591–4592
Holocene calendar	11491
Igbo calendar	491–492
Iranian calendar	869–870
Islamic calendar	896–897
Japanese calendar	Entoku 3 (延徳３年)
Javanese calendar	1408–1409
Julian calendar	1491 MCDXCI
Korean calendar	3824
Minguo calendar	421 before ROC 民前421年
Nanakshahi calendar	23
Thai solar calendar	2033–2034
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1617 or 1236 or 464     — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1618 or 1237 or 465

1491 (MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1491st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 491st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 15th century, and the 2nd year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1491, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Births

• June 28 – King Henry VIII of England, English royalty (d. 1547)