Editing 1491 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 2]] &ndash; [[Alain I of Albret]] signs the Treaty of Moulins with [[Charles VIII of France]].
* [[March]] &ndash; The [[French–Breton War]] resumes.
* [[March 19]]−[[March 20|20]] &ndash; Alain I of Albret captures the [[Château des ducs de Bretagne]] for the French.
* [[April 23]] 
** [[Granada War|Granada is besieged]] by the [[Catholic Monarchs of Spain]]. 
**[[Santa Fe, Granada]] is founded. 
* [[May]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491)]] between the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the [[Egypt]]ian [[Mamluk]]s ends.
* [[May 3]] &ndash; The ruler of the [[Kingdom of Kongo]], Nkuwu Nzinga, is baptised by [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of [[João I of Kongo|João I]].
* [[May 8]] &ndash; A solar eclipse takes place over [[Metz]].<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Jean |last1=Aubrion |first2=Pierre |last2=Aubrion |title=Journal de Jehan Aubrion, bourgeois de Metz |publisher=F. Blanc |year=1857 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQhXAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Louis XII of France|Louis of Orléans]] is released by Charles VIII of France after three years of imprisonment.
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Battle of Vrpile]] Gulch in southern [[Croatia]]: Forces of the [[Ottoman Empire]] are defeated by those of the [[Croatia in the union with Hungary|Kingdom of Croatia]].
* [[November]] &ndash; The pretender [[Perkin Warbeck]] begins a campaign to take the [[English throne]], with a landing in Ireland.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=135–138|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] and King [[Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary]] sign the [[Peace of Pressburg (1491)|Peace of Pressburg]], formally ending the [[Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88)]].
* [[November 16]] &ndash; An ''[[auto-da-fé]]'' held in Brasero de la Dehesa (outside [[Ávila, Spain|Ávila]]) concludes the case of the [[Holy Child of La Guardia]], with the execution of several Jewish and [[converso]] suspects.
* [[November 25]] &ndash; ''[[Reconquista]]'': The [[Granada War]] is effectively brought to an end (and the Siege of Granada extended for two months) with the signing of the [[Treaty of Granada]] between the [[Catholic Monarchs]] of Spain and the Moorish [[Emirate of Granada]].
* [[December 6]] &ndash; King [[Charles VIII of France]] marries [[Anne of Brittany]], forcing her to break her marriage contract with [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], thus incorporating [[Brittany]] into the kingdom of France.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Jean Knecht|title=The Valois: Kings of France, 1328-1589|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-vILAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Hambledon and London|isbn=978-1-85285-420-1|page=92}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] &ndash; The Truce of Coldstream secures a five-year peace between [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref name=CBH/>

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* In the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] the reign of [[Ramathibodi II]] begins.
* The population of [[China]] reaches 56.238 million.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Denis |last1=Crispin Twitchett |first2=Frederick |last2=W. Mote |first3=John |last3=King Fairbank |title=The Cambridge History of China |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1998 |isbn=9780521243339 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVhvh6ibLJcC&pg=PA14}}</ref>
* The [[Bread and Cheese Revolt]] breaks out in [[West Friesland (region)|West Frisia]], [[North Holland]], caused by a famine among the peasants due to bad weather conditions.
* A major fire breaks out in [[Dresden]].
* In the Russian territory of Komi (the modern-day [[Komi Republic]]), annexed by Russia in [[1478]], [[copper]] and [[silver]] ores are discovered, and the territory gains importance as a [[mining]] and metallurgical center.
* [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] enters the [[University of Kraków]]</onlyinclude>