| Ruler | Country | Start of Reign | Age at 1490 |
| Henry VII | England | 1485 | 33 | | 1491 Jun 28 | Henry (VIII) born  | | 1496 Mar 5 | Henry VII and John Cabot | | 1497 | Perkin Warbeck captured at Beaulieu | | 1497 May 2 | John Cabot sets sail for Asia | | 1497 Jun | Cabot discovers Newfoundland | | 1497 Aug 6 | Cabot returns from voyage | | 1497 Dec | Sheen Palace burns down |
| | James IV | Scotland | 1488 | ? | | Charles VIII | France | 1483 | ? | | 1492 Nov 3 | Treaty of Etaples | | 1495 Feb | Charles crowned King of Naples | | 1498 Apr 7 | Death of Charles VIII of France |
| | Louis XII | France | 1498 | ? | | 1498 Apr 7 | Death of Charles VIII of France |
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The Great Explorers
| 1492 | Aug 3 | Columbus sets sail | | | | With three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, Columbus set sail across the Atlantic in search of a route to the Far East. | | Oct 12 | Christopher Columbus 'discovers' America | | | | Christopher Columbus landed on what he thought was the east coast of Asia believing that there was no land between it and Europe but he had landed in the Caribbean and had discovered the 'Americas'. | | 1493 | Nov 3 | Christopher Columbus discovers Dominica island | | | | Christopher Columbus discovered Dominica island on a Sunday. The name is Latin for the word Sunday. The island should not be confused with the Dominican Republic which is a separate part of the Caribbean.
| | 1496 | Mar 5 | Henry VII and John Cabot | | | | Henry VII granted John Cabot, his sons and heirs the power to explore unknown areas under the English flag. They were allowed to conquer these new lands. Although the Cabots had to fund the explorations themselves they only had to pay the Crown only one fifth of the money they made by selling the goods they found. | | 1497 | May 2 | John Cabot sets sail for Asia | | | | Under the English flag, John Cabot left Bristol on his voyage of exploration across the Atlantic to find a route to Asia and to open new trade routes. | | Jun | Cabot discovers Newfoundland | | | | Expecting to find the east coast of Asia Cabot and his fleet of explorers landed on what we now know as Newfoundland or Nova Scotia. | | Aug 6 | Cabot returns from voyage | | | | John Cabot returned to Bristol after his voyage of discovery. | | Dec | Vasco de Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope | | | | Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope to reach East Asia.
| | 1498 | May | Cabot disappears on voyage | | | | Cabot and a fleet of five ships sailed for America but were not heard from again. |
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| People who played important roles in this time period |
Elizabeth (of York)
Daughter of Edward IV and wife of Henry VII.
HENRY (VIII, King of England 1509-1547)
Henry was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He became heir to the English throne when his elder brother Arthur died in 1502. Henry had excellent schooling learning both French and Latin. He was skilled at music and later wrote pieces of music for his wives one of which was Greensle (more...)
Warbeck, Perkin
Perkin Warberk was from Tournai in Flanders who arrived in Cork late in 1491. When he arrived in Cork he was dressed in the finest clothes, supplied by his master a silk trader, working as a walking advertisement. The locals, seeing him dressed so well, assumed he must be of royal birth and declared (more...)
Woodville, Elizabeth
Details supplied by Dorothy Davies Web Link: Woodville website by Dorothy Davies The eldest child of Richard and Jacquetta Woodville arrived in 1437 and grew up to be incredibly beautiful. As Richard Woodville was known as t (more...)
Columbus, Christopher
The explorer who discovered America.
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| Battles that took place in this time period |
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| Building work undertaken in this time period |
Winchester Cathedral 1490 - 1500
Work was carried out on the Lady Chapel of Winchester Cathedral.
Canterbury Cathedral 1493 - 1497
Canterbury central tower building work undertaken including strainer arches in the crossing.
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