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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s
Years: 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499
Categories: Births – Deaths – Architecture
Establishments – Disestablishments
The 1490s decade ran from January 1, 1490, to December 31, 1499.
Events and trends
- 1490: Tirant lo Blanc, written by Joanot Martorell & Martí Joan De Galba was published.
- 1492: Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed into the Caribbean.
- 1492: The Moors and Sephardic Jews were expelled from Spain; Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire welcomed the Jews.
- 1494: Charles VIII of France and his army invaded Italy.
- 1498: Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route through the Cape of Good Hope, from Europe to India
World leaders
- King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1479–1516)
- Queen Isabella of Castile (1474–1504)
- King John I of Denmark
- King Henry VII of England (1485–1509)
- King Charles VIII of France (1483–1498)
- King Louis XII of France (1498–1515)
- Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1440–1493)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1493–1519)
- Sultan Beyazid II (1481–1512)
- King James IV of Scotland (1488–1513)
- Duke Ivan III of Russia
- King John II of Portugal
- King Manuel I of Portugal