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| align="center" colspan=2 | '''Years:'''
1491 1492 1493 - 1494 - 1495 1496 1497 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | '''Decades:'''
1460s 1470s 1480s - '''1490s''' - 1500s 1510s 1520s |- | align="center" | '''Centuries:'''
14th_century - '''15th_century''' - 16th_century |} ==Events== * January_25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. * 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. * Start of the Italian_Wars. * The University_of_Aberdeen is founded by the Bishop of Aberdeen. * Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskander 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 ==Births== *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) ==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 * Eskander, Emperor_of_Ethiopia (born 1472) * Amda_Seyon_II, Emperor_of_Ethiopia * Hans_Memling, Flemish painter Category:1494 Af:1494 Ar:1494 Ast:1494 Bg:1494 Be:1494 Bs:1494 Ca:1494 Cv:1494 Cs:1494 Cy:1494 Da:1494 De:1494 Et:1494 El:1494 Es:1494 Eo:1494 Eu:1494 Fr:1494 Gl:1494 Ko:1494년 Hr:1494 Io:1494 It:1494 He:1494 Lb:1494 Hu:1494 Mk:1494 Nl:1494 No:1494 Nn:1494 Os:1494 Pl:1494 Pt:1494 Ro:1494 Ru:1494 Scn:1494 Sk:1494 Sl:1494 Sr:1494 Fi:1494 Sv:1494 Tt:1494 Tr:1494 Uk:1494 Zh:1494年
1491 1492 1493 - 1494 - 1495 1496 1497 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | '''Decades:'''
1460s 1470s 1480s - '''1490s''' - 1500s 1510s 1520s |- | align="center" | '''Centuries:'''
14th_century - '''15th_century''' - 16th_century |} ==Events== * January_25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. * 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. * Start of the Italian_Wars. * The University_of_Aberdeen is founded by the Bishop of Aberdeen. * Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskander 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 ==Births== *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) ==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 * Eskander, Emperor_of_Ethiopia (born 1472) * Amda_Seyon_II, Emperor_of_Ethiopia * Hans_Memling, Flemish painter Category:1494 Af:1494 Ar:1494 Ast:1494 Bg:1494 Be:1494 Bs:1494 Ca:1494 Cv:1494 Cs:1494 Cy:1494 Da:1494 De:1494 Et:1494 El:1494 Es:1494 Eo:1494 Eu:1494 Fr:1494 Gl:1494 Ko:1494년 Hr:1494 Io:1494 It:1494 He:1494 Lb:1494 Hu:1494 Mk:1494 Nl:1494 No:1494 Nn:1494 Os:1494 Pl:1494 Pt:1494 Ro:1494 Ru:1494 Scn:1494 Sk:1494 Sl:1494 Sr:1494 Fi:1494 Sv:1494 Tt:1494 Tr:1494 Uk:1494 Zh:1494年