Historical Events Jan 1 Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia Jan 6 The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola Jan 25 Alfonso II succeeds his father as King of Naples Events in 1494 Famous Deaths Jan 11 Domenico Ghirlandaio [Bigordi], Italian Renaissance painter, and mentor of Michelangelo, dies of pestilential fever at 45 Jan 25 Ferdinand I [Ferrante], King of Naples (1458-1494), dies at 70 1493 History by Year 1495 What Happened in 1494 Treaty of TordesillasJune 7, 1494
