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What Happened in November 1494

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Historical Events

  • Nov 8 Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence
  • Nov 9 Piero the Unfortunate of the de' Medici family, ruler of Florence, loses his power and flees the state

France occupies Florence

Nov 18 French King Charles VIII occupies Florence

King of France Charles VIII
Events in 1494

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 5 Hans Sachs, German composer, playwright, shoemaker, and inspiration for "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" opera by Richard Wagner, born in the Free Imperial City of Nürnberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1576)

Suleiman the Magnificent (1494-1566)

Nov 6 Ottoman Sultan and the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1530-1566), born in Trabzon, Ottoman Empire

Suleiman the Magnificent

Born in 1494

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 8 Melozzo da Forli, Italian painter, dies at about 56
  • Nov 17 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian scholar and Renaissance philosopher (Oration on the Dignity of Man), dies under mysterious circumstances, possibly poisoned, at 31


What Happened in 1494

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