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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1491 1492 1493 - 1494 - 1495 1496 1497 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
14th century - 15th century - 16th century |} ==Events== * January 25 - Alfonso II of Naples becomes King of Naples. * May 31 - Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat invading Spain 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 becomes Duke of Milan. * Start of the Italian Wars. * The University of Aberdeen is founded by the bishop of Aberdeen. * Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskander as Emperor of Ethiopia. * Na'od succeeds his nephew Amda Seyon II as Emperor of Ethiopia. ==Births== * February 2 - Bona Sforza, second wife of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557) * September 12 - King Francis I of France (d. 1547) * November 6 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1566) * Saito Dosan, Japanese warlord (d. 1445) ==Deaths== * January 11 - Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449) * January 25 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423) * November 17 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (b. 1463) * Eskander, Emperor of Ethiopia * Amda Seyon II, Emperor of Ethiopia * John of Ustiug, "Fool-for-Christ" 1494 os:1494

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