| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1493 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Leaders |
| Political entities - State leaders - Colonial governors - Religious leaders |
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| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1493 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1493 MCDXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2246 |
| Armenian calendar | 942 ԹՎ ՋԽԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6243 |
| Bengali calendar | 900 |
| Berber calendar | 2443 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Hen. 7 – 9 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2037 |
| Burmese calendar | 855 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7001–7002 |
| Chinese calendar |
壬子年 (Water Rat) 4189 or 4129 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4190 or 4130 |
| Coptic calendar | 1209–1210 |
| Discordian calendar | 2659 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1485–1486 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5253–5254 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1549–1550 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1414–1415 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4593–4594 |
| Holocene calendar | 11493 |
| Igbo calendar | 493–494 |
| Iranian calendar | 871–872 |
| Islamic calendar | 898–899 |
| Japanese calendar |
Meiō 2 (明応2年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1410–1411 |
| Julian calendar | 1493 MCDXCIII |
| Korean calendar | 3826 |
| Minguo calendar | 419 before ROC 民前419年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 25 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2035–2036 |
Year 1493 (MCDXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).