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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s
Years:	1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1490s decade ran from January 1, 1490, to December 31, 1499.

[edit] Events and trends

• 1490: Tirant lo Blanc, written by Joanot Martorell & Martí Joan De Galba was published.
• 1492: Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed into the Caribbean.
• 1492: The Moors and Sephardic Jews were expelled from Spain; Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire welcomed the Jews.
• 1494: Charles VIII of France and his army invaded Italy.
• 1498: Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route through the Cape of Good Hope, from Europe to India

[edit] World leaders

• King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1479–1516)
• Queen Isabella of Castile (1474–1504)
• King John I of Denmark
• King Henry VII of England (1485–1509)
• King Charles VIII of France (1483–1498)
• King Louis XII of France (1498–1515)
• Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1440–1493)
• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1493–1519)
• Sultan Beyazid II (1481–1512)
• King James IV of Scotland (1488–1513)
• Duke Ivan III of Russia
• King John II of Portugal
• King Manuel I of Portugal

[edit] See also

• 1490s in poetry