1490s

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

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.

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 (1447–1512)
• King James IV of Scotland (1488–1513)
• Duke Ivan III of Russia