# 494

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Calendar year

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 4th century 5th century 6th century Decades 470s 480s 490s 500s 510s Years 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 v t e

494 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Disestablishments v t e

494 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 494 CDXCIV Ab urbe condita 1247 Assyrian calendar 5244 Balinese saka calendar 415–416 Bengali calendar −100 – −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 ཆུ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Water-Bird) 620 or 239 or −533 — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Wood-Dog) 621 or 240 or −532

Year **494** (**[CDXCIV](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Saturday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Saturday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Rufius](/source/Turcius_Rufius_Apronianus_Asterius) and Praesidius** (or, less frequently, **year 1247 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 494 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Byzantine Empire

- An [earthquake](/source/Earthquake) devastates the port town of [Latakia](/source/Latakia) (modern [Syria](/source/Syria)).[1]

#### China

- Emperor [Xiao Wen Di](/source/Emperor_Xiaowen_of_Northern_Wei) moves the capital of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei) from [Datong](/source/Datong) to [Luoyang](/source/Luoyang). He makes [Chinese](/source/Chinese_language) the official language of his court, and orders his [nobility](/source/Nobility) to adopt Chinese names.

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Gelasius I](/source/Pope_Gelasius_I) delineates the relationship between church and state ([Doctrine of the two swords](/source/Doctrine_of_the_two_swords), formulated in his letter *[Famuli vestrae pietatis](/source/Famuli_vestrae_pietatis)* to the East Roman Emperor Anastasius I.)

- The *[Decretum Gelasianum](/source/Decretum_Gelasianum)* is attributed.

- Gelasius I canonizes [Saint George](/source/Saint_George).

## Births

- [Gildas](/source/Gildas), British [historian](/source/Historian) and [priest](/source/Priest) (approximate date)

## Deaths

- [Xiao Zhaowen](/source/Xiao_Zhaowen), emperor of [Southern Qi](/source/Southern_Qi) (b. [480](/source/480))

- [Xiao Zhaoye](/source/Xiao_Zhaoye), emperor of Southern Qi (known as the **Prince of Yulin**) (b. [473](/source/473))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Robertson, A. H. F.; Parlak, Osman; Ünlügenç, Ulvi Can (2013). [*Geological Development of Anatolia and the Easternmost Mediterranean Region*](https://books.google.com/books?id=z-9uO9uGDUsC&pg=PA461). Geological Society of London. p. 461. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781862393530](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781862393530).

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