1491

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1491

EVENTS

November 25 - The Siege of Granada , last Moorish stronghold in Spain , begins.

December 6 - King Charles VIII marries Anne De Bretagne , thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France . He forces her to break her marriage with Maximilian I in order to marry him instead.

A major fire breaks out in Dresden .

BIRTHS

June 28 - King Henry VIII Of England (died 1547 )

October 26 - Zhengde Emperor of China (died 1521 )

November 8 - Teofilo Folengo , Italian poet (d. 1544 )

December 24 - Ignatius Of Loyola , Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus (died 1556 )

December 31 - Jacques Cartier , French explorer (died 1557 )

George Blaurock , Swiss founder of Anabaptism (died 1529 )

Martin Bucer , German protestant reformer (died 1551 )

Friedrich Myconius , German Lutheran theologian (died 1546 )

Lapu-Lapu , Filipino warrior (died 1542 )

Antonio Pigafetta , Italian explorer

Azai Sukemasa , Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1546 )

DEATHS

October 12 - Fritz Herlen , German artist (born 1449 )

Jean Balue , French cardinal and statesman

Elizabeth Gousell , English noblewoman (born 1396 )

Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers

John De La Pole, 2nd Duke Of Suffolk (born 1442 )

SCIENCES

Nicolaus Copernicus enters Krakow University .