What is 1494?
{{Year nav|1494}} {{Year in various calendars|1494}} {{Year article header|1494}} == 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 == * * [[Category:1494| ]]