1491

{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1488 1489 1490 - 1491 - 1492 1493 1494 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
14th century - 15th century - 16th century |} ==Events== * December 6 - King Charles VIII of France marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. * A major fire breaks out in Dresden. ==Births== * June 28 - King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547) * December 31 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) * Martin Bucer, German protestant reformer (d. 1551) * Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1556) * Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1546) ==Deaths== * Jean Balue, French cardinal and statesman * John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (b. 1442) ==Sciences== * Nicolaus Copernicus enters Krakow University. 1491 la:1491 os:1491

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