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* [[January 4]] – The [[Cetinje Octoechos]] (Цетињски октоих, an [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] [[octoechos (liturgy)]], first tone), the first [[incunabulum]] written in the [[Serb]]ian recension of [[Church Slavonic]], and the first book printed in [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] in [[Southeast Europe]], is completed in [[Cetinje]]. |
* [[January 4]] – The [[Cetinje Octoechos]] (Цетињски октоих, an [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] [[octoechos (liturgy)]], first tone), the first [[incunabulum]] written in the [[Serb]]ian recension of [[Church Slavonic]], and the first book printed in [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] in [[Southeast Europe]], is completed in [[Cetinje]]. |
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* [[January 25]] – [[Alfonso II of Naples|Alfonso II]] becomes King of [[Naples]]. |
* [[January 25]] – [[Alfonso II of Naples|Alfonso II]] becomes King of [[Naples]]. |
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* [[May]] – [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], recognises [[Perkin Warbeck]] as rightful [[King of England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan| |
* [[May]] – [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], recognises the pretender [[Perkin Warbeck]] as rightful [[King of England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=135–138|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref> |
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* [[May 5]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] first sights [[Jamaica]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Franklin W. Knight|author2=Leonard and Helen R Stulman Professor of History Franklin W Knight|title=The Caribbean, the Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TY-xAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-505440-8|page=333}}</ref> |
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* [[May 5]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] first sights [[Jamaica]]. |
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* [[May 7]] – The infant [[Amda Seyon II]] succeeds his father [[Eskender]] |
* [[May 7]] – The infant [[Amda Seyon II]] succeeds his father [[Eskender]] as [[Emperor of Ethiopia]]. |
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* [[May 31]] – [[First Battle of Acentejo]]: Natives of the island of [[Tenerife]], known as [[Guanches]], defeat the invading [[Spain|Spanish]] forces. |
* [[May 31]] – [[First Battle of Acentejo]]: Natives of the island of [[Tenerife]], known as [[Guanches]], defeat the invading [[Spain|Spanish]] forces. |
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* [[June 1]] – Brother [[John Cor]] of [[Lindores Abbey]] pays duty on 8 bolls of malt to the [[Exchequer#Exchequer in Scotland|Exchequer in Scotland]] to make aqua vitae for [[King James IV]]; the record in the Exchequer Rolls is the first written reference to [[Scotch whisky]]. |
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* [[June 7]] – [[Treaty of Tordesillas]]: [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] divide the [[New World]] between themselves. |
* [[June 7]] – [[Treaty of Tordesillas]]: [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] divide the [[New World]] between themselves. |
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* [[June 25]] – The [[Pre-1600 Atlantic hurricane seasons|first hurricane ever observed]] by Europeans strikes the Spanish settlement of [[La Isabela]], on [[Hispaniola]]. |
* [[June 25]] – The [[Pre-1600 Atlantic hurricane seasons|first hurricane ever observed]] by Europeans strikes the Spanish settlement of [[La Isabela]], on [[Hispaniola]]. |
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* [[October 22]] – [[Ludovico Sforza]] becomes [[Duke of Milan]], and invites [[Charles VIII of France]] to invade Italy in support of his claim, beginning the [[Italian War of 1494–98]]. |
* [[October 22]] – [[Ludovico Sforza]] becomes [[Duke of Milan]], and invites [[Charles VIII of France]] to invade Italy in support of his claim, beginning the [[Italian War of 1494–98]]. |
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* [[October 26]] – [[Amda Seyon II]] is deposed and killed, and his uncle [[Na'od]] succeeds him as [[Emperor of Ethiopia]]. |
* [[October 26]] – [[Amda Seyon II]] is deposed and killed, and his uncle [[Na'od]] succeeds him as [[Emperor of Ethiopia]]. |
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* [[November 9]] – The [[House of Medici]] is expelled from [[Florence]]. |
* [[November 9]] – The [[Medici Bank]] is insolvent and the [[House of Medici]] is expelled from [[Florence]]. |
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* [[November 10]] – Fra [[Luca Pacioli]]'s ''[[Summa de arithmetica|Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalità]]'' is published in [[Venice]], containing the first printed account of [[algebra]] in the vernacular, and the first published description of the [[double-entry accounting system]]. |
* [[November 10]] – Fra [[Luca Pacioli]]'s ''[[Summa de arithmetica|Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalità]]'' is published in [[Venice]], containing the first printed account of [[algebra]] in the vernacular, and the first published description of the [[double-entry accounting system]]. |
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* [[November 17]] – [[Italian War of 1494–98]]: The armies of [[Charles VIII of France]] enter [[Florence]]. |
* [[November 17]] – [[Italian War of 1494–98]]: The armies of [[Charles VIII of France]] enter [[Florence]]. |
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* [[Aztec]] forces conquer and sack [[Mitla]]. |
* [[Aztec]] forces conquer and sack [[Mitla]]. |
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* [[Aldus Manutius]] prints [[Pietro Bembo]]'s ''De Aetna'' in [[Venice]], considered to be the first book to include the [[semicolon]]. |
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* [[Charles VIII of France]] purchases the right to the [[Byzantine Empire]] from [[exile|exiled]] [[pretender]], [[Andreas Palaiologos]]. |
* [[Charles VIII of France]] purchases the right to the [[Byzantine Empire]] from [[exile|exiled]] [[pretender]], [[Andreas Palaiologos]]. |
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== Births == |
== Births == |
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[[File:EmperorSuleiman.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Suleiman the Magnificent]]]] |
[[File:EmperorSuleiman.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Suleiman the Magnificent]]]] |
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* [[September 8]] – [[Sri Chand]], Indian founder of the ascetic sect of Udasi (d. [[1629]]) |
* [[September 8]] – [[Sri Chand]], Indian founder of the ascetic sect of Udasi (d. [[1629]]) |
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* [[September 11]] – [[Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders]] (1518–1538) (d. [[1572]]) |
* [[September 11]] – [[Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders]] (1518–1538) (d. [[1572]]) |
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* [[September 12]] – King [[Francis I of France]] (d. [[1547]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Francis I {{!}} king of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-I-king-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica | |
* [[September 12]] – King [[Francis I of France]] (d. [[1547]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Francis I {{!}} king of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-I-king-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
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* [[October 31]] – [[Wolfgang of the Palatinate]], Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1524–1558), governor of the Upper Palatinate (d. [[1558]]) |
* [[October 31]] – [[Wolfgang of the Palatinate]], Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1524–1558), governor of the Upper Palatinate (d. [[1558]]) |
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* [[November 5]] – [[Hans Sachs]], German meistersinger ("mastersinger") (d. [[1576]]) |
* [[November 5]] – [[Hans Sachs]], German meistersinger ("mastersinger") (d. [[1576]]) |
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== Deaths == |
== Deaths == |
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* [[January 11]] – [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], Italian artist (b. [[1449]]) |
* [[January 11]] – [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], Italian artist (b. [[1449]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alte Pinakothek (Munich, Germany)|author2=Arts Council of Great Britain|title=Masterpieces from the Alte Pinakothek at Munich: An Exhibition Held at the National Gallery, London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P09NAAAAYAAJ|year=1949|publisher=Arts Council|page=29|language=en}}</ref> |
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* [[January 20]] – [[Seongjong of Joseon]], King of Joseon (b. [[1457]]) |
* [[January 20]] – [[Seongjong of Joseon]], King of Joseon (b. [[1457]]) |
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* [[January 25]] – King [[Ferdinand I of Naples]] (b. [[1423]]) |
* [[January 25]] – King [[Ferdinand I of Naples]] (b. [[1423]]) |
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* [[November 15]] – [[William Calthorpe]], English knight (b. [[1410]]) |
* [[November 15]] – [[William Calthorpe]], English knight (b. [[1410]]) |
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* [[November 16]] – [[Theda Ukena]], countess regent of East Frisia (b. [[1432]]) |
* [[November 16]] – [[Theda Ukena]], countess regent of East Frisia (b. [[1432]]) |
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* [[November 17]] – [[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]], Italian humanist (b. [[1463]]) |
* [[November 17]] – [[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]], Italian humanist (b. [[1463]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven Vanden Broecke|title=The Limits of Influence: Pico, Louvain, and the Crisis of Renaissance Astrology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0yDeNFZOT4C&pg=PA55|date=1 January 2003|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-13169-8|pages=55|language=en}}</ref> |
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* [[December 19]] or [[December 20]] – [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]], Italian poet (b. c. [[1434]]-[[1441]]) |
* [[December 19]] or [[December 20]] – [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]], Italian poet (b. c. [[1434]]-[[1441]]) |
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| Armenian calendar | 943 ԹՎ ՋԽԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6244 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1415–1416 |
| Bengali calendar | 901 |
| Berber calendar | 2444 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Hen. 7 – 10 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2038 |
| Burmese calendar | 856 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7002–7003 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4191 or 3984 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4192 or 3985 |
| Coptic calendar | 1210–1211 |
| Discordian calendar | 2660 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1486–1487 |
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| - Shaka Samvat | 1415–1416 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4594–4595 |
| Holocene calendar | 11494 |
| Igbo calendar | 494–495 |
| Iranian calendar | 872–873 |
| Islamic calendar | 899–900 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 3 (明応３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1411–1412 |
| Julian calendar | 1494 MCDXCIV |
| Korean calendar | 3827 |
| Minguo calendar | 418 before ROC 民前418年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 26 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2036–2037 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1620 or 1239 or 467 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1621 or 1240 or 468 |
Year 1494 (MCDXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- January 4 – The Cetinje Octoechos (Цетињски октоих, an Eastern Orthodox octoechos (liturgy), first tone), the first incunabulum written in the Serbian recension of Church Slavonic, and the first book printed in Cyrillic in Southeast Europe, is completed in Cetinje.
- January 25 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
- May – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, recognises the pretender Perkin Warbeck as rightful King of England.[1]
- May 5 – Christopher Columbus first sights Jamaica.[2]
- May 7 – The infant Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskender as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- May 31 – First Battle of Acentejo: Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat the invading Spanish forces.
- June 7 – Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World between themselves.
- June 25 – The first hurricane ever observed by Europeans strikes the Spanish settlement of La Isabela, on Hispaniola.
- October 22 – Ludovico Sforza becomes Duke of Milan, and invites Charles VIII of France to invade Italy in support of his claim, beginning the Italian War of 1494–98.
- October 26 – Amda Seyon II is deposed and killed, and his uncle Na'od succeeds him as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- November 9 – The Medici Bank is insolvent and the House of Medici is expelled from Florence.
- November 10 – Fra Luca Pacioli's Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalità is published in Venice, containing the first printed account of algebra in the vernacular, and the first published description of the double-entry accounting system.
- November 17 – Italian War of 1494–98: The armies of Charles VIII of France enter Florence.
- December 25 – Second Battle of Acentejo: The Spanish crush the native forces of the island of Tenerife, leading to the subjugation of this last bastion of resistance in the Canary Islands.
Date unknown
[edit]- Aztec forces conquer and sack Mitla.
- Johann Reuchlin publishes De verbo mirifico.
- Charles VIII of France purchases the right to the Byzantine Empire from exiled pretender, Andreas Palaiologos.
Births
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- February 2 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
- February 11 – Takeda Nobutora, Japanese warlord (d. 1574)
- February 20 – Johan Friis, Danish statesman (d. 1570)
- March 24 – Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist and scholar (d. 1555)
- March 25 – Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, Margravine (d. 1518)
- April 4 – Ambrosius Moibanus, German theologian (d. 1554)
- April 20 – Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566)
- April 25 – Juan Téllez-Girón, 4th Count of Ureña, Spanish count (d. 1558)
- May 24 – Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
- August 18 – Johannes Scheubel, German mathematician (d. 1570)
- September 8 – Sri Chand, Indian founder of the ascetic sect of Udasi (d. 1629)
- September 11 – Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (d. 1572)
- September 12 – King Francis I of France (d. 1547)[3]
- October 31 – Wolfgang of the Palatinate, Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1524–1558), governor of the Upper Palatinate (d. 1558)
- November 5 – Hans Sachs, German meistersinger ("mastersinger") (d. 1576)
- November 6 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
- November 12 – Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen, Princess of Anhalt by birth, Duchess consort of Saxony (d. 1521)
- November (probable) – François Rabelais, French Renaissance writer (d. 1553)
- date unknown
- Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Spanish explorer and cartographer (d. 1519)
- Christina Gyllenstierna, Swedish national heroine (d. 1559)
- Ambrosius Holbein, German painter (d. 1519)
- Qiu Ying, Chinese painter (d. 1552)
- Saitō Dōsan, Japanese warlord (d. 1556)
- John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley (d. 1554)
- Hans Tausen, Danish religious reformer (d. 1561)
Deaths
[edit]- January 11 – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)[4]
- January 20 – Seongjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1457)
- January 25 – King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
- May 7 – Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1471)
- August 1 – Giovanni Santi, Italian 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 21 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1469)
- October 26 – Amda Seyon II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. c. 1487)
- November 8 – Melozzo da Forlì, Italian painter (b. c. 1438)
- November 15 – William Calthorpe, English knight (b. 1410)
- November 16 – Theda Ukena, countess regent of East Frisia (b. 1432)
- November 17 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (b. 1463)[5]
- December 19 or December 20 – Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet (b. c. 1434-1441)
References
[edit]- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 135–138. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Franklin W. Knight; Leonard and Helen R Stulman Professor of History Franklin W Knight (1990). The Caribbean, the Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism. Oxford University Press. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-19-505440-8.
- ^ "Francis I | king of France". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ Alte Pinakothek (Munich, Germany); Arts Council of Great Britain (1949). Masterpieces from the Alte Pinakothek at Munich: An Exhibition Held at the National Gallery, London. Arts Council. p. 29.
- ^ Steven Vanden Broecke (January 1, 2003). The Limits of Influence: Pico, Louvain, and the Crisis of Renaissance Astrology. BRILL. p. 55. ISBN 90-04-13169-8.