Editing 1490 (section)

== Births ==
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Valentin Friedland]], German scholar and educator of the Reformation (d. [[1556]])
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Charles III, Duke of Bourbon]], French military leader (d. [[1527]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Fridolin Sicher]], Swiss composer (d. [[1546]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino]], Italian noble (d. [[1538]])
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Salviati]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1553]])
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Vittoria Colonna]], Italian poet (d. [[1547]])
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Vojtěch I of Pernstein]], Bohemian nobleman (d. [[1534]])
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Albert, Duke of Prussia]], last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. [[1568]])
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Albert of Mainz]], German elector and archbishop (d. [[1545]])
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Amalie of the Palatinate]], Duchess consort of Pomerania (d. [[1524]])
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Andrey of Staritsa]], son of Ivan III "the Great" of Russia (d. [[1537]])
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Johann Heß]], German theologian (d. [[1547]])
* [[October]] &ndash; [[Olaus Magnus]], Swedish ecclesiastic and writer (d. [[1557]])
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Pisano]], Italian composer (d. [[1548]])<ref>{{cite book|author=International Musicological Society. Congress|title=Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rMJAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Bärenreiter|page=97}}</ref>
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[John III, Duke of Cleves]] (d. [[1539]])
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Francesco Marinoni]], Italian Roman Catholic priest (d. [[1562]])
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Myconius]], German Lutheran theologian (d. [[1546]])
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Ebussuud Efendi]], Ottoman Grand Mufti (d. [[1574]])
* ''approx. date &ndash;'' [[Properzia de' Rossi]], Italian Renaissance sculptor (d. [[1530]])
* ''date unknown''
**[[Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus]], Scottish noble (d. [[1556]])
**[[Luca Ghini]], Italian physician and botanist (d. [[1566]])
**[[Bars Bolud Jinong]], Mongol Khagan (d. [[1531]])
**[[Argula von Grumbach]], German Protestant reformer (d. [[1564]])
**[[Jean Salmon Macrin]], French poet (d. [[1557]])
**[[Caspar Schwenckfeld]], German theologian (d. [[1561]])
**[[Anna Bielke]], Swedish noble and commander (d. [[1525]])
**[[David Reubeni]], Jewish political activist and mystic (d. [[1541]])
* ''probable''
** [[Wijerd Jelckama]], Frisian rebel and warlord (d. [[1523]])
** [[Adriaen Isenbrandt]], Flemish painter (d. [[1551]])
** [[Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich]], Lord Chancellor of England (d. [[1567]])<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle= Rich, Richard Rich, 1st Baron |volume= 23 | page= 293 |quote= RICH, RICHARD, 1st Baron Rich (1490?–1567), lord chancellor, was born of a Hampshire family about 1490}}</ref>
** [[María de Toledo]], Vicereine and regent of the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo (d. [[1549]])
** [[John Taverner]], English composer and organist (d. [[1545]])
** [[María de Salinas]], Lady Willoughby, Spanish [[lady-in-waiting]] and friend to [[Catherine of Aragon]]
** [[Quilago]], queen regnant of the [[Cochasquí]] in Ecuador (d. [[1515]])