What happened in 1494?
30 recorded events in 1494, including 11 in people, 5 in architecture & engineering and 5 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 5
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Italian War of 1494–1495
War
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Battle of Aguere
1494 battle
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First Battle of Acentejo
1494 Spanish defeat
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Siege of Samarkand
Battle in 1494/1496
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Battle of Rapallo
1494 first battle of the Italian Wars
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty dividing territory between Portugal and Spain
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People 11
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Ferdinand I of Naples died
King of Naples 1424-1494
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Giosafat Barbaro died
Diplomat, merchant and writer of the Republic of Venice
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Yuriy Drohobych died
Ukrainian astrologist, surgeon and philosopher (1450-1494)
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Piero Borgi died
Italian mathematician
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Suleiman the Magnificent born
Born in Trabzon. The tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566).
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François Rabelais born
Born in Seuilly. 16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553).
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Francis I of France born
Born in Cognac. King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547).
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William Tyndale born
Born in Gloucester. English Bible translator and reformer.
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Hans Sachs born
Born in Nuremberg. German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker (1494–1576).
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Jean de Valette Parisot born
Born in Parisot. Nobleman from Quercy, having belonged to the order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem of which he was Grand Prior of Saint-Gilles (Langue de Provence) from 1556 to 1557 then Grand Master from 1557 to 1568.
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Johannes Agricola born
Born in Eisleben. Reformer, humanist (1494-1566).
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Beata Island
Island in the Dominican Republic
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Religion & Belief Systems 5
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Mirahori Mosque
Cultural monument and mosque in Albania
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Great Mosque of Sofia
Great Mosque of Sofia (Religion & Belief Systems).
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San Francesco da Paola
Church building in Genoa, Italy
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Heilige Dreifaltigkeit
Filial church in Altenbeuern, Neubeuern, Germany
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St. Ulrich
Filial church in Schönau, Inchenhofen, Germany
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Architecture & Engineering 5
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Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
Church located in Paris, in France
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Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Church building in Ferrara, Italy
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Convent of San Francisco, Granada
Building in Granada Province, Spain
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Church of St Martin, Callosa de Segura
Cultural property in Callosa de Segura, Spain
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St. Matthew
Church
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Empires & Countries 2
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Saloum founded
Saloum was founded, with its capital at Kahone.
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Signoria of Florence dissolved
Signoria of Florence ceased to exist, having been centered at Florence.
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