1490
| Years: 1487 1488 1489 – 1490 – 1491 1492 1493 | |
| Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s | |
| Centuries: 14th century – 15th century – 16th century | |
Events
- Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martà 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.
Births
- March 24 – Georg Agricola, German scholar and scientist (d. 1555)
- May 16 – Albert of Prussia (d, 1568)
- June 28 – Albert of Mainz, German elector and archbishop (d. 1545)
- October 12 – Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (d. 1548)
- Vittoria Colonna, Italian poet (d. 1547)
- Jean Salmon Macri, poet (d. 1557)
- Andrej Perlah, Slovenian mathematician
- Kaspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig, German theologian (d. 1561)
Deaths
- January 27 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)
- Charles I of Savoy (b. 1468)
Categories: 1490