1493
year
1493 (MCDXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1493rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 493rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 15th century, and the 4th year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1493, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1490 1491 1492 – 1493 – 1494 1495 1496 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1493 MCDXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2246 |
| Armenian calendar | 942 ԹՎ ՋԽԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6243 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1414–1415 |
| Bengali calendar | 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) 4189 or 4129 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4190 or 4130 |
| 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 |
Events
change- March 15 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
- July 28 – Great fire in Moscow.
- September 9 – Battle of Krbava field between defending Croatian nobles and invading Ottoman Turk forces.
- November 19 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he saw for the first time only the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).
- December 23 – Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.