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1494

Years: 1491 1492 1493 - 1494 - 1495 1496 1497

Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• January 25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples
• Start of the Italian Wars

Births

• Saito Dosan, daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japan.
• September 12 - King Francis I of France
• November 6 - Suleiman the Magnificent, future ruler of the Ottoman Empire

Deaths

• January 25 - Ferdinand I becomes King of Naples

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