1490
year
1490 (MCDXC) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1490th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 490th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 15th century, and the 1st year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1490, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1487 1488 1489 – 1490 – 1491 1492 1493 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1490 MCDXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2243 |
| Armenian calendar | 939 ԹՎ ՋԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6240 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1411–1412 |
| Bengali calendar | 897 |
| Berber calendar | 2440 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Hen. 7 – 6 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2034 |
| Burmese calendar | 852 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6998–6999 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4186 or 4126 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4187 or 4127 |
| Coptic calendar | 1206–1207 |
| Discordian calendar | 2656 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1482–1483 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5250–5251 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1546–1547 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1411–1412 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4590–4591 |
| Holocene calendar | 11490 |
| Igbo calendar | 490–491 |
| Iranian calendar | 868–869 |
| Islamic calendar | 895–896 |
| Japanese calendar | Entoku 2 (延徳２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1406–1408 |
| Julian calendar | 1490 MCDXC |
| Korean calendar | 3823 |
| Minguo calendar | 422 before ROC 民前422年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 22 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2032–2033 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1616 or 1235 or 463 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1617 or 1236 or 464 |
Events change
- Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published.
- Yoshitane becomes Ashikaga shogun of Japan.
- Charles John Amadeus of Savoy becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1, mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent.
- Aldus Manutius moves to Venice.
- John Colet receives M.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford.
- Castle Church in Wittenberg is begun.
- Pedro de Covilham arrives in Ethiopia.
- Catholic missionaries arrive in the African kingdom of Kongo.
- Regular postal service connects the Habsburg residences of Mechelen and Innsbruck, the first in Germany.
- Leonardo da Vinci observes capillary action in small-bore tubes.
- December 19 – Anne of Brittany married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy
Births change
- Wijerd Jelckama, Frisian warlord and rebel (d. 1523)