Historical Events In 1491

Feb 02   Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40   

May 03   Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.   

Jun 28   Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)   

Jul 06   Opening ceremony of Daitokuji's Shinju at subtemple   

Oct 12   Fritz Herlen, German artist.   

Nov 15   Anna van Bretagne is recorded as becoming devoted to end "la guerre folle".   

Nov 16   An auto de fe, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects   

Nov 25   The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins   

Dec 03   Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies   

Dec 06   King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne.   

Jun 28   Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47) was born in the year 1491.   

Oct 26   On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

Nov 08   In the year 1491 birth of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)   

Dec 24   Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born in the year 1491.   

Dec 31   Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40 in the year 1491.   

Oct 12   In the year 1491 death of fritz Herlen, German artist   

Dec 03   On this day in history thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies