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| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1490 1491 1492 - 1493 - 1494 1495 1496
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1470s 1480s - 1490s ''' - 1500s 1510s 1520s
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| align="center" | - 15th Century ''' - 16th Century
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1493 was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
Events
Births
- June 5 - Justus Jonas , German protestant reformer (died 1555 )
- September 28 - Agnolo Firenzuola , Italian poet
- October 14 - Shimazu Tadayoshi , Japanese warlord (died 1568 )
- November 12 - Bartolommeo Bandinelli , Italian artist and sculptor (died 1560 )
- Jean Du Bellay , French cardinal and diplomat
- Stephen Gardiner , English bishop and Lord Chancellor
- Simon Grynaeus , German scholar and theologian (died 1541 )
- Takeda Nobutora , Japanese warlord (died 1573 )
- Paracelsus , Swiss physician and scientist (died 1541 )
- Matsudaira Shigeyoshi , Japanese general (died 1580 )
- François Rabelais , French writer
Deaths
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