1490s

Events and Trends

• 1490: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell & Martí Joan De Galba is published.
• 1492: Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.
• 1492: Moors driven from Spain
• 1492: Sephardic Jews expulsion from Spain

World leaders

• 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)
• King James IV of Scotland (1488–1513)