1493

Year 1493 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the ).

Events of 1493

 * - declares himself gosudar' vseja Rusi - "Lord of all ".
 * - leaves the.
 * - returns to  after his first trip to the.
 * -  divides the  between  and  along the.
 * - Great fire in.
 * - between defending  nobles and invading  forces.
 * - goes ashore on an island he saw for the first time only the day before. He names it  (later renamed ).
 * - 's translation of 's  is published.
 * starts to rule.

Births

 * -, (died )
 * -, German Protestant reformer (died )
 * -, Italian poet (died c)
 * -, Japanese warlord (died )
 * (or -, Swiss physician and scientist (died )
 * -, Italian artist and sculptor (died )
 * date unknown
 * , German scholar and theologian (died )
 * , Japanese warlord (died )
 * , Japanese general (died )
 * probable
 * , French cardinal and diplomat (died )
 * , Scottish statesman (died )

Deaths

 * -, Scottish politician (born c)
 * -, Italian scholar (born )
 * - (born )
 * -, Croatian leader
 * November -, Spanish navigator and explorer (born c)
 * -, Russian prince (born )
 * date unknown
 * , English soldier
 * , Italian architect (born )
 * , Inca ruler of Tahuantinsuyu
 * , Inca ruler of Tahuantinsuyu