1490

Year 1490 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events of 1490

 *  by, is published.
 * becomes  of.
 * becomes at age 1, mother  is regent.
 * moves to.
 * receives M.A. from.
 * Castle Church in is begun.
 * arrives in.
 * arrive in the n kingdom of.
 * Regular postal service connects the residences of  and, the first in.
 * observes in small-bore tubes.
 * Leonardo da Vinci develops an oil lamp: the flame was enclosed in a glass tube placed inside a water-filled glass.
 * - is married to  by proxy.
 * A small asteroid kills thousands in.
 * The Chinese scholar and printer invents -metal   in China, although the earlier  had experimented with  movable type in  and the  had separately innovated bronze movable type.

Births

 * -, Constable of France (died )
 * -, German scholar and scientist (died )
 * April -, Italian poet (died )
 * - Duke (died )
 * -, German elector and archbishop (died )
 * October -, Swedish ecclesiastic and writer (died )
 * -, Italian composer (died )
 * - (died )
 * date unknown
 * (died )
 * , Italian physician and botanist (died )
 * , French poet (died )
 * , German theologian (died )
 * probable
 * , Flemish painter (died )
 * , Lord Chancellor of England (died )
 * , English composer and organist (died )

Deaths

 * -, Japanese shogun (born )
 * -, Ruler of Tver (b. )
 * - (born )
 * - King (born )
 * - (born )
 * - (born )
 * -, Dutch rebel leader (born )
 * -, Dominican nun
 * date unknown
 * , Catalan novelist
 * , last independent