1494
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1491 1492 1493 – 1494 – 1495 1496 1497 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1494 MCDXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2247 |
| Armenian calendar | 943 ԹՎ ՋԽԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6244 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1415–1416 |
| Bengali calendar | 901 |
| Berber calendar | 2444 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Hen. 7 – 10 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2038 |
| Burmese calendar | 856 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7002–7003 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4190 or 4130 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4191 or 4131 |
| Coptic calendar | 1210–1211 |
| Discordian calendar | 2660 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1486–1487 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5254–5255 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1550–1551 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1415–1416 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4594–4595 |
| Holocene calendar | 11494 |
| Igbo calendar | 494–495 |
| Iranian calendar | 872–873 |
| Islamic calendar | 899–900 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 3 (明応３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1411–1412 |
| Julian calendar | 1494 MCDXCIV |
| Korean calendar | 3827 |
| Minguo calendar | 418 before ROC 民前418年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 26 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2036–2037 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1620 or 1239 or 467 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1621 or 1240 or 468 |
1494 (MCDXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1494th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 494th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 15th century, and the 5th year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1494, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]Births
[change | change source]- February 2 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1557)
- 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)