1490
| Years: 1487 1488 1489 - 1490 - 1491 1492 1493 | |
| Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
| 1490 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 1490 MCDXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2243 |
| Armenian calendar | 939 ԹՎ ՋԼԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 4126/4186-12-11 (己酉年十二月十一日) — to — 4127/4187-11-20(庚戌年十一月二十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1482 – 1483 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5250 – 5251 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1545 – 1546 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1412 – 1413 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4591 – 4592 |
| Iranian calendar | 868 – 869 |
| Islamic calendar | 895 – 896 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2033 |
Contents |
Events
- Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published.
- Yoshitane becomes Ashikaga shogun of Japan.
- Charles John Amadeus of Savoy becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1, mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent.
- Aldus Manutius moves to Venice.
- John Colet receives M.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford.
- Castle Church in Wittenberg is begun.
- Pedro de Covilham arrives in Ethiopia.
- Catholic missionaries arrive in the African kingdom of Kongo.
- 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.
- December 19 - Anne of Brittany married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy
Births
- February 17 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (died 1527)
- March 24 - Georg Agricola, German scholar and scientist (died 1555)
- May 16 - Duke Albert of Prussia (died 1568)
- June 28 - Albert of Mainz, German elector and archbishop (died 1545)
- October 12 - Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (died 1548)
- November 10 - John III, Duke of Cleves (died 1539)
- Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (died 1556)
- Vittoria Colonna, Italian poet (died 1547)
- Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (died 1566)
- Adriaen Isenbrant, Flemish painter (died 1551)
- Jean Salmon Macrin, French poet (died 1557)
- Olaus Magnus, Swedish ecclesiastic and writer (died 1557)
- Kaspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig, German theologian (died 1561)
- Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1567)
- John Taverner, English composer and organist (died 1545)
- Marco Girolamo Vida, Italian poet (died 1566)
Deaths
- January 27 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (born 1435)
- March 6 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
- April 6 - King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (born 1443)
- May 22 - Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (born 1416)
- Martí Joan de Galba, Catalan novelist
- Charles I of Savoy (born 1468)
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