494
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This article is about the year 494. For the number, see 494 (number). For other uses, see 494 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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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 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5244 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1350–-1349 |
| Bengali calendar | -99 |
| Berber calendar | 1444 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| 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 | 550–551 |
| - 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 | |
| Julian calendar | 494 CDXCIV |
| Korean calendar | 2827 |
| Minguo calendar | 1418 before ROC 民前1418年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1037 |
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Year 494 (CDXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufius and Praesidius (or, less frequently, year 1247 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 494 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- An earthquake devastates the port town of Latakia (modern Syria).
[edit] China
- Emperor Xiao Wen Di moves the capital of Northern Wei from Datong to Luoyang. He makes Chinese the official language of his court and orders his nobles to adopt Chinese names.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Pope Gelasius I changes pagan Lupercalia festival into Roman Catholic Candlemas feast of Purification.
- Gelasius I delineates the relationship between church and state.
- The Decretum Gelasianum (list of forbidden books) is attributed.
- Gelasius I canonizes Saint George.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Xiao Zhaowen, emperor of Southern Qi (b. 480)
- Xiao Zhaoye, emperor of Southern Qi (known as the Prince of Yulin) (b. 473)
