• Russian nobleman Andrew Zavalushin, later to be known as Saint Adrian of Andrusov, accidentally encounters Saint Alexander of Svir during a stag hunt, leading him to renounce his worldly ways, take the name Adrian, and become a religious ascetic.
• The name "Finland" appears on a printed map for the first time.

These people were born in 1493:

• French writer François Rabelais.
• German protestant religious reformer Justus Jonas.

These people died in 1493:

• Tupac Inca Yupanqui, Inca ruler of Tahuantinsuyu.

1492 - 1493 - 1494

15th century

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