1494

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

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