1491

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1460s  1470s  1480s  – 1490s –  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years:	1488 1489 1490 – 1491 – 1492 1493 1494

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1491 (MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1491st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 491st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 15th century, and the 2nd year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1491, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Births

• June 28 – King Henry VIII of England, English royalty (d. 1547)