In this article we will explore the theme of 1490, a topic that has generated great interest in contemporary society. 1490 has been the subject of debate and analysis in various areas, from culture and politics to science and technology. This person/topic/date has captured the attention of millions of people around the world, generating interest that transcends geographic and cultural boundaries. Along these lines, we will examine different approaches and perspectives on 1490, with the aim of offering a global and enriching vision on this matter.
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| 1490 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1490 MCDXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2243 |
| Armenian calendar | 939 ԹՎ ՋԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6240 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1411–1412 |
| Bengali calendar | 896–897 |
| Berber calendar | 2440 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Hen. 7 – 6 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2034 |
| Burmese calendar | 852 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6998–6999 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4187 or 3980 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4188 or 3981 |
| Coptic calendar | 1206–1207 |
| Discordian calendar | 2656 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1482–1483 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5250–5251 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| — Vikram Samvat | 1546–1547 |
| — Shaka Samvat | 1411–1412 |
| — Kali Yuga | 4590–4591 |
| Holocene calendar | 11490 |
| Igbo calendar | 490–491 |
| Iranian calendar | 868–869 |
| Islamic calendar | 895–896 |
| Japanese calendar | Entoku 2 (延徳２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1406–1408 |
| Julian calendar | 1490 MCDXC |
| Korean calendar | 3823 |
| Minguo calendar | 422 before ROC 民前422年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 22 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2032–2033 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1616 or 1235 or 463 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1617 or 1236 or 464 |
Year 1490 (MCDXC) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- January 4 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who ally themselves with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lèse-majesté.
- March 13 – Charles II becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1; his mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent.
- March or April – 1490 Qingyang event, a presumed meteor shower or air burst over Qingyang in Ming dynasty China, said to have caused casualties.
- July 4 – Battle of Bonefield: John Corvinus is defeated by the Kingdom of Hungary.
- July 13 – John of Kastav finishes a cycle of frescoes in the Holy Trinity Church, Hrastovlje (modern-day southwestern Slovenia).
- July 22 – Ashikaga Yoshitane becomes 10th Muromachi shōgun of Japan.
- November 20 – The first edition of the chivalric romance Tirant lo Blanch, by Joanot Martorell, is printed in Valencia.
- December 19 – Anne of Brittany is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.[1]
Date unknown
- Perkin Warbeck claims to be the son of King Henry VII of England, at the court of Burgundy.
- Traditional date of the Battle of Glendale (Skye) between the Scottish clans MacDonald and MacLeod.
- Catholic missionaries arrive in the African Kingdom of Kongo.
- Pêro da Covilhã arrives in Ethiopia.
- Regular postal service connects the Habsburg residences of Mechelen and Innsbruck, the first in Germany.
- Leonardo da Vinci observes capillary action, in small-bore tubes.
- Leonardo da Vinci develops an oil lamp: the flame is enclosed in a glass tube, placed inside a water-filled glass globe.
- All Saints’ Church, the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, is begun.
- Tirant lo Blanch, by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba, is published.
- Aldus Manutius moves to Venice.
- John Colet receives his M.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford.
- Johann Reuchlin meets Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.
- Merchants carry coffee from Yemen to Mecca (approximate date).
- Battle of Chocontá: The northern (zaque) tribes of the pre-Columbian Muisca Confederation (central Colombia) are beaten by the southern (zipa) tribes.
Births
- February 14 – Valentin Friedland, German scholar and educator of the Reformation (d. 1556)
- February 17 – Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, French military leader (d. 1527)
- March 6 – Fridolin Sicher, Swiss composer (d. 1546)
- March 22 – Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Italian noble (d. 1538)
- March 24 – Giovanni Salviati, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1553)
- April – Vittoria Colonna, Italian poet (d. 1547)
- April 4 – Vojtěch I of Pernstein, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1534)
- May 17 – Albert, Duke of Prussia, last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1568)
- June 28 – Albert of Mainz, German elector and archbishop (d. 1545)
- July 25 – Amalie of the Palatinate, Duchess consort of Pomerania (d. 1524)
- August 5 – Andrey of Staritsa, son of Ivan III «the Great» of Russia (d. 1537)
- September 23 – Johann Heß, German theologian (d. 1547)
- October – Olaus Magnus, Swedish ecclesiastic and writer (d. 1557)
- October 12 – Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (d. 1548)[2]
- November 10 – John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1539)
- December 25 – Francesco Marinoni, Italian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1562)
- December 26 – Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1546)
- December 30 – Ebussuud Efendi, Ottoman Grand Mufti (d. 1574)
- approx. date – Properzia de’ Rossi, Italian Renaissance sculptor (d. 1530)
- date unknown
- Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, Scottish noble (d. 1556)
- Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1566)
- Bars Bolud Jinong, Mongol Khagan (d. 1531)
- Argula von Grumbach, German Protestant reformer (d. 1564)
- Jean Salmon Macrin, French poet (d. 1557)
- Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian (d. 1561)
- Anna Bielke, Swedish noble and commander (d. 1525)
- David Reubeni, Jewish political activist and mystic (d. 1541)
- probable
- Wijerd Jelckama, Frisian rebel and warlord (d. 1523)
- Adriaen Isenbrandt, Flemish painter (d. 1551)
- Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1567)[3]
- María de Toledo, Vicereine and regent of the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo (d. 1549)
- John Taverner, English composer and organist (d. 1545)
- María de Salinas, Lady Willoughby, Spanish lady-in-waiting and friend to Catherine of Aragon
- Quilago, queen regnant of the Cochasquí in Ecuador (d. 1515)
Deaths
- January 27 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shōgun (b. 1435)
- March 6 – Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
- April 6 – King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (b. 1443)[4]
- May 12 – Joanna, Portuguese Roman Catholic blessed and regent (b. 1452)
- May 22 – Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (b. 1416)
- August 11 – Frans van Brederode, Dutch rebel leader (b. 1465)
- date unknown
- Martí Joan de Galba, Catalan novelist
- Aonghas Óg, last independent Lord of the Isles
References
- ^ Wellman, Kathleen (2013). Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France. Yale University Press. p. 70. ISBN 9780300178852.
- ^ International Musicological Society. Congress (1970). Report. Bärenreiter. p. 97.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 293.
RICH, RICHARD, 1st Baron Rich (1490?–1567), lord chancellor, was born of a Hampshire family about 1490
- ^ Hungarian Book Review. Hungarian Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association. 1990. p. 2.
