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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1491 1492 1493 - 1494 - 1495 1496 1497 |
| 1494 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1494 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).
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Events
- January 25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
- May 3 - Christopher Columbus first spots Jamaica.
- May 31 - First Battle of Acentejo: Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat the invading Spanish forces.
- June 7 - Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World between themselves.
- October 22 - Ludovico Sforza becomes Duke of Milan, and starts a chain of events that leads to the First Italian War.
Undated
- Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskender as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- Na'od succeeds his nephew Amda Seyon II as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- Aztec forces conquer and sack Mitla.
- Italy is invaded by Charles VIII of France.
| Gregorian calendar | 1494 MCDXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2247 |
| Armenian calendar | 943 ԹՎ ՋԽԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -350 – -349 |
| Berber calendar | 2444 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2038 |
| Burmese calendar | 856 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7002 – 7003 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年十一月廿四日 (4130/4190-11-24) — to —
甲寅年十二月初四日(4131/4191-12-4) |
| Coptic calendar | 1210 – 1211 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1486 – 1487 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5254 – 5255 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1549 – 1550 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1416 – 1417 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4595 – 4596 |
| Holocene calendar | 11494 |
| Iranian calendar | 872 – 873 |
| Islamic calendar | 899 – 900 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 3 (明応3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3827 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2037 |
Births
- February 2 - Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
- April 9 - Francois Rabelais, French Renaissance writer (d. 1553)
- April 20 - Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566)
- May 24 - Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
- September 5 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (d. 1576)
- September 12 - King Francis I of France (d. 1547)
- November 6 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
- date unknown
- Saitō Dōsan, Japanese warlord (d. 1556)
- John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley (d. 1554)
- Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Spanish philosopher and theologian (d. 1573)
- Ambrosius Holbein, German painter (d. 1519)
- Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Spanish explorer and cartographer (d. 1519)
- Hans Tausen, Danish religious reformer (d. 1561)
- Qiu Ying, Chinese painter (d. 1552)
- William Tyndale, English reformer and martyr (d. 1536)
Deaths
- January 11 - Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)
- January 25 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
- August 1 - Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (b. c. 1435)
- August 11 - Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. c. 1430)
- September 24 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
- October 26 - Amda Seyon II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. c. 1487)
- November 8 - Melozzo da Forlì, painter (b. c. 1438)
- November 17 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (b. 1463)
- December 20 - Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet (b. c. 1434)
- date unknown
- Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1472)
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