Year 1491 (MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December January 2 – Alain I of Albret signs the Treaty of Moulins with Charles VIII of France. March – The French–Breton War resumes. March 19−20 – Alain I of Albret captures the Château des ducs de Bretagne for the French. April 23 – Granada is besieged by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. Santa Fe, Granada is founded. May – The war between the Ottoman Empire and the Egyptian Mamluks ends. May 3 – The ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, Nkuwu Nzinga, is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I. May 8 – A solar eclipse takes place over Metz. June 27 – Louis of Orléans is released by Charles VIII of France after three years of imprisonment. September – Battle of Vrpile Gulch in southern Croatia: Forces of the Ottoman Empire are defeated by those of the Kingdom of Croatia. November – The pretender Perkin Warbeck begins a campaign to take the English throne, with a landing in Ireland. November 7 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary sign the Peace of Pressburg, formally ending the Austrian–Hungarian War. November 16 – An auto-da-fé held in Brasero de la Dehesa (outside Ávila) concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia, with the execution of several Jewish and converso suspects. November 25 – Reconquista: The Granada War is effectively brought to an end (and the Siege of Granada extended for two months) with the signing of the Treaty of Granada between the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Moorish Emirate of Granada. December 6 – King Charles VIII of France marries Anne of Brittany, forcing her to break her marriage with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. December 21 – The Truce of Coldstream secures a five-year peace, between Scotland and England. Date unknown In the Ayutthaya Kingdom the reign of Ramathibodi II begins. The population of China reaches 56.238 million. The Bread and Cheese Revolt breaks out in West Frisia, North Holland, caused by a famine among the peasants due to bad weather conditions. A major fire breaks out in Dresden. In the Russian territory of Komi (now the Komi Republic), annexed by Russia in 1478, copper and