1494
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| 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 | 900–901 | 
| 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) 4191 or 3984 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4192 or 3985 | 
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
Year 1494 (MCDXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.