1493
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| 1493 by topic | 
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| 1493 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1493 MCDXCIII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 2246 | 
| Armenian calendar | 942 ԹՎ ՋԽԲ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 6243 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1414–1415 | 
| Bengali calendar | 899–900 | 
| 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) 4190 or 3983 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4191 or 3984 | 
| 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 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1619 or 1238 or 466 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1620 or 1239 or 467 | 
Year 1493 (MCDXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.