Famous Birthdays Dec 20 Oronce Finé, French mathematician & cartographer, born in Briançon, France (d. 1555) Born in 1494 Famous Deaths Dec 19 Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet (Orlando innamorato), dies at about 54 1493 History by Year 1495 What Happened in 1494 Treaty of TordesillasJune 7, 1494
