Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
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.
- May 31 - Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat invading Spanish forces at the First Battle of Acentejo.
- June 7 - Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
- October 22 - Ludovico Sforza become Duke of Milan.
- Start of the Italian Wars.
- The University of Aberdeen is founded by the bishop of Aberdeen.
Births
- Saito Dosan, daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japan.
- February 2 - Bona Sforza, queen of Poland and a second wife of Sigismund I of Poland
- September 12 - King Francis I of France (d. 1547)
- November 6 - Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)
Deaths
- January 25 - Ferdinand I, King of Naples
- November 17 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian Renaissance humanist (b. 1463)
03-10-2013 05:06:04
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details