494
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| Centuries: | 4th century · 5th century · 6th century |
| Decades: | 460s 470s 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s |
| Years: | 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 |
| 494 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 494 CDXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1247 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1350 – -1349 |
| Bengali calendar | -99 |
| Berber calendar | 1444 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1038 |
| Burmese calendar | -144 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6002 – 6003 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年十二月初九日 (3130/3190-12-9) — to —
甲戌年十一月十九日(3131/3191-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 210 – 211 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 486 – 487 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4254 – 4255 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 549 – 550 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 416 – 417 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3595 – 3596 |
| Holocene calendar | 10494 |
| Iranian calendar | 128 BP – 127 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 132 BH – 131 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2827 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1037 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- An earthquake devastates Latakia.
[edit] Asia
- Under Emperor Xiaowen the capital of Northern Wei, a state in China, is moved from Datong to Luoyang.
[edit] By topic
- Pope Gelasius I delineates the relationship between church and state.
- Gelasius canonizes Saint George.
- The Lupercalia festival is replaced by Candlemas.
[edit] Births
- Gildas, early British historican and priest
[edit] Deaths
- Xiao Zhaowen, emperor of China's Southern Qi Dynasty, often known as the Prince of Hailing
- Xiao Zhaoye, emperor of China's Southern Qi Dynasty, often known as the Prince of Yulin
