What happened in 1494?

Italian War of 1494–1495

Wars & Conflicts · Italy

War

Battle of Aguere

Wars & Conflicts · San Cristóbal de La Laguna

1494 battle

First Battle of Acentejo

Wars & Conflicts · La Matanza de Acentejo

1494 Spanish defeat

Siege of Samarkand

Wars & Conflicts · Samarkand

Battle in 1494/1496

Battle of Rapallo

Wars & Conflicts · Rapallo

1494 first battle of the Italian Wars

Italian Wars

Wars & Conflicts · Italian Peninsula

Wars in Italy from the 15th to 16th centuries

Treaty of Tordesillas

Politics & Government · Tordesillas

Treaty dividing territory between Portugal and Spain

Ferdinand I of Naples died

People · Kingdom of Naples

King of Naples 1424-1494

Giosafat Barbaro died

People · Venice

Diplomat, merchant and writer of the Republic of Venice

Yuriy Drohobych died

People · Kraków

Ukrainian astrologist, surgeon and philosopher (1450-1494)

Piero Borgi died

People · Venice

Italian mathematician

Suleiman the Magnificent born

People · Trabzon

Born in Trabzon. The tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566).

François Rabelais born

People · Seuilly

Born in Seuilly. 16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553).

Francis I of France born

People · Cognac

Born in Cognac. King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547).

William Tyndale born

People · Gloucester

Born in Gloucester. English Bible translator and reformer.

Hans Sachs born

People · Nuremberg

Born in Nuremberg. German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker (1494–1576).

Jean de Valette Parisot born

People · Parisot

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.

Johannes Agricola born

People · Eisleben

Born in Eisleben. Reformer, humanist (1494-1566).

Bona Sforza born

People · Vigevano

Born in Vigevano. Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania.

Lamberto, Lord of Monaco died

People · Menton

Died in Menton. Lord of Monaco (1420-1494).

Ducal Georgianum

Science & Technology

Seminary

Beata Island

Exploration & Discovery

Island in the Dominican Republic

Mirahori Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural monument and mosque in Albania

Great Mosque of Sofia

Religion & Belief Systems

San Francesco da Paola

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Genoa, Italy

Heilige Dreifaltigkeit

Religion & Belief Systems · Altenbeuern

Filial church in Altenbeuern, Neubeuern, Germany

St. Ulrich

Religion & Belief Systems · Schönau

Filial church in Schönau, Inchenhofen, Germany

Convento dei Domenicani

Religion & Belief Systems · Zibello

Building in Zibello, Italy

San Sebastiano (Forlì)

Religion & Belief Systems

Former oratory, now space for temporary exhibitions in Forlì

san Michele church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Fano (Italy)

Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Chêne, Blotzheim

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Haut-Rhin, in France

High Renaissance

Social Movements & Revolutions · Italy

Short period of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance

Saint-Étienne-du-Mont

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Paris, in France

Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ferrara, Italy

Convent of San Francisco, Granada

Architecture & Engineering · Alhambra

Building in Granada Province, Spain

Church of St Martin, Callosa de Segura

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Callosa de Segura, Spain

St. Matthew

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Church of Saint George so Vzvoza, Pskov

Architecture & Engineering · Pskov

Church in Russia

Chapelle Saint-Yves de Rennes

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel located in Ille-et-Vilaine, in France

Saloum founded

Empires & Countries · Kahone

Saloum was founded, with its capital at Kahone.

Signoria of Florence dissolved

Empires & Countries · Florence

Signoria of Florence ceased to exist, having been centered at Florence.

Principality of Calenberg founded

Empires & Countries · Hanover

Principality of Calenberg was founded, with its capital at Hanover.