1494
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium | 
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century | 
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s | 
| Years: | 1491 1492 1493 – 1494 – 1495 1496 1497 | 
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
    
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