1491

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1491 () was a common year beginning on Saturday according to the Julian calendar in force on that date.

Events
January - Queen Isabel of Castile gives a speech of encouragement to her troops before putting the first stone of the Santa Fe camp as a siege to the emir of Granada.
24 April: An earthquake of 7.0 is shaking Cyprus, leaving 1,000 dead.
November 16 - Two Jews and six converts are burned in Avila in an act of faith, accused of the blood-free so-called Holy Child of La Guardia.
December 22 - The Capitulations of Alfacar were signed by the Catholic Kings.

Births

June 28 - Henry VIII of England
December 24 - Ignacio de Loyola.

Deaths

February 2 - The death of Martin Schongauer in Breisach

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