1490
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| 1490 by topic |
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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 | 897 |
| Berber calendar | 2440 |
| English Regnal year | 5Hen. 7– 6Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2034 |
| Burmese calendar | 852 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6998–6999 |
| Chinese calendar | Mình dậuNăm (EarthRooster) 4187 or 3980 — to — Canh tuất năm (MetalDog) 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 | Entoku2 ( duyên đức ２ năm ) |
| Javanese calendar | 1406–1408 |
| Julian calendar | 1490 MCDXC |
| Korean calendar | 3823 |
| Minguo calendar | 422 beforeROC Dân trước 422 năm |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 22 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2032–2033 |
| Tibetan calendar | Âm thổ gà năm (female Earth-Rooster) 1616 or 1235 or 463 — to — Dương kim cẩu năm (male Iron-Dog) 1617 or 1236 or 464 |
Year1490(MCDXC) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- January 4–Anne of Brittanyannounces that all those who ally themselves with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime ofLèse-majesté.
- March 13–Charles IIbecomesDuke of Savoyat age 1; his mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent.
- MarchorApril–1490 Qingyang event,a presumedmeteor showerorair burstoverQingyanginMing dynastyChina, said to have caused casualties.
- July 4– Defeat ofJohn Corvinusin thebattle of Bonefield
- July 13–John of Kastavfinishes a cycle of frescoes in theHoly Trinity Church, Hrastovlje(modern-day southwestern Slovenia).
- July 22–Ashikaga Yoshitanebecomes 10thMuromachi shōgunofJapan.
- November 20– The first edition of the chivalric romanceTirant lo Blanch,byJoanot Martorell,is printed inValencia.
- December 19– Anne of Brittany is married toMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperorby proxy.[1]
Date unknown
[edit]- Perkin Warbeckclaims to be the son of KingHenry VII of England,at the court ofBurgundy.
- Traditional date of theBattle of Glendale (Skye)between theScottish clansMacDonaldandMacLeod.
- Catholicmissionariesarrive in the AfricanKingdom of Kongo.
- Pêro da Covilhãarrives inEthiopia.
- Regular postal service connects theHabsburgresidences ofMechelenandInnsbruck,the first in Germany.
- Leonardo da Vinciobservescapillary 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, theSchlosskircheinWittenberg,is begun.
- Tirant lo Blanch,byJoanot MartorellandMartí Joan de Galba,is published.
- Aldus Manutiusmoves toVenice.
- John Coletreceives his M.A. fromMagdalen College, Oxford.
- Johann ReuchlinmeetsGiovanni Pico della Mirandola.
- Merchants carrycoffeefromYementoMecca(approximate date).
- Battle of Chocontá:The northern (zaque) tribes of thepre-ColumbianMuisca Confederation(centralColombia) are beaten by the southern (zipa) tribes.
Births
[edit]- 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, Spanishlady-in-waitingand friend toCatherine of Aragon
- Quilago,queen regnant of theCochasquíin Ecuador (d.1515)
Deaths
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- January 27–Ashikaga Yoshimasa,Japanese shōgun (b.1435)
- March 6–Ivan the Young,Ruler of Tver (b.1458)
- April 6– KingMatthias Corvinusof Hungary (b.1443)[4]
- May 12–Joanna,PortugueseRoman Catholicblessed 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 independentLord of the Isles
References
[edit]- ^Wellman, Kathleen (2013).Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France.Yale University Press. p. 70.ISBN9780300178852.
- ^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.