494
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 494 by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 494 CDXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1247 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5244 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 415–416 |
| Bengali calendar | −99 |
| Berber calendar | 1444 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1038 |
| Burmese calendar | −144 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6002–6003 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3191 or 2984 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3192 or 2985 |
| Coptic calendar | 210–211 |
| Discordian calendar | 1660 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 486–487 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4254–4255 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 550–551 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 415–416 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3594–3595 |
| Holocene calendar | 10494 |
| Iranian calendar | 128 BP – 127 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 132 BH – 131 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 380–381 |
| Julian calendar | 494 CDXCIV |
| Korean calendar | 2827 |
| Minguo calendar | 1418 before ROC 民前1418年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −974 |
| Seleucid era | 805/806 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1036–1037 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 620 or 239 or −533 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 621 or 240 or −532 |
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.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- An earthquake devastates the port town of Latakia (modern Syria).
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 nobility to adopt Chinese names.
By topic
Religion
- Gelasius I delineates the relationship between church and state.
- The Decretum Gelasianum (list of forbidden books) is attributed.
- Gelasius I canonizes Saint George.
Births
Deaths
- Xiao Zhaowen, emperor of Southern Qi (b. 480)
- Xiao Zhaoye, emperor of Southern Qi (known as the Prince of Yulin) (b. 473)