1494
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| Years: 1491 1492 1493 - 1494 - 1495 1496 1497 |
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| Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s |
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| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
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| 1494 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1494 MCDXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2247 |
| Armenian calendar | 943 ԹՎ ՋԽԳ |
| Chinese calendar | 4130/4190-11-24 (癸丑年十一月廿四日) — to —
4131/4191-12-4(甲寅年十二月初四日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1486 – 1487 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5254 – 5255 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1549 – 1550 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1416 – 1417 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4595 – 4596 |
| Iranian calendar | 872 – 873 |
| Islamic calendar | 899 – 900 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2037 |
1494 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
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[edit] Events
- January 25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
- May 3 - Christopher Columbus first spots Jamaica.
- May 31 - Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat invading Spanish forces at the First Battle of Acentejo.
- June 7 - Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
- October 22 - Ludovico Sforza becomes Duke of Milan.
[edit] Unknown dates
- Start of the Italian Wars.
- The University of Aberdeen is founded by the bishop of Aberdeen.
- Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskender as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- Oktoih, the first book produced in Serbian language in Cetinje.
- Na'od succeeds his nephew Amda Seyon II as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- Aztec forces conquer and sack Mitla.
[edit] Births
- February 2 - Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1557)
- April 9 Francois Rabelais, French Renaissance writer (died 1553)
- April 20 - Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (died 1566)
- May 24 - Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
- September 5 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (died 1576)
- September 12 - King Francis I of France (died 1547)
- November 6 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (died 1566)
- Purandara Dasa, Indian poet and composer (died 1564)
- Saito Dosan, Japanese warlord (died 1556)
- John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley (died 1554)
- Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Spanish philosopher and theologian (died 1573)
- Ambrosius Holbein, German painter (died 1519)
- Lucas van Leyden, Dutch engraver and painter (died 1533)
- Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, Spanish explorer and cartographer (died 1519)
- Hans Tausen, Danish religious reformer (died 1561)
- Qiu Ying, Chinese painter (died 1552)
[edit] Deaths
- January 11 - Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (born 1449)
- January 25 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (born 1423)
- September 24 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (born 1454)
- November 17 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (born 1463)
- December 20 - Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet (born c1434)
- Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (born 1472)
- Amda Seyon II, Emperor of Ethiopia (born c1487)
- Hans Memling, Flemish painter (born c1430)
