1494 (MCDXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1494th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 494th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 15th century, and the 5th year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1494, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century15th century16th century
Decades: 1460s  1470s  1480s  – 1490s –  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years: 1491 1492 149314941495 1496 1497
1494 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1494
MCDXCIV
Ab urbe condita2247
Armenian calendar943
ԹՎ ՋԽԳ
Assyrian calendar6244
Balinese saka calendar1415–1416
Bengali calendar901
Berber calendar2444
English Regnal yearHen. 7 – 10 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar2038
Burmese calendar856
Byzantine calendar7002–7003
Chinese calendar癸丑(Water Ox)
4190 or 4130
    — to —
甲寅年 (Wood Tiger)
4191 or 4131
Coptic calendar1210–1211
Discordian calendar2660
Ethiopian calendar1486–1487
Hebrew calendar5254–5255
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1550–1551
 - Shaka Samvat1415–1416
 - Kali Yuga4594–4595
Holocene calendar11494
Igbo calendar494–495
Iranian calendar872–873
Islamic calendar899–900
Japanese calendarMeiō 3
(明応3年)
Javanese calendar1411–1412
Julian calendar1494
MCDXCIV
Korean calendar3827
Minguo calendar418 before ROC
民前418年
Nanakshahi calendar26
Thai solar calendar2036–2037
Tibetan calendar阴水牛年
(female Water-Ox)
1620 or 1239 or 467
    — to —
阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
1621 or 1240 or 468

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