| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1494 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 |
| 1494 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1494 MCDXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2247 |
| 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) 4190 or 4130 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4191 or 4131 |
| Coptic calendar | 1210–1211 |
| Discordian calendar | 2660 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1486–1487 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5254–5255 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1550–1551 |
| - 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 |
Year 1494 (MCDXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar).