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Year 1494 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).

Events

Undated

  • 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.
  • Italy is invaded by Charles VIII of France.

    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

    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)
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