1491

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

Events

• January - Queen Isabel of Castile gives a speech of encouragement to her troops before putting the first stone of the camp of Santa Fe as siege to the emir of Granada.
• 16 November - Two Jews and six converts are burned in Avila in an act of faith, accused of the blood of the so-called Holy Child of the Guard.
• December 22 - The Alfacar Chapters were signed by the Catholic Kings.

Births

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

Deaths

• February 2 - Death of Martin Schongauer in Breisach