Timeline January 1494

Events in January 1494 1

• 1494 – 1522 Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Destroyed Dismantled by Crusaders for building stone Already damaged by earthquakes over the centuries, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was finally dismantled by the Knights Hospitaller of St John, who used its stones to fortify their Castle of St Peter at Bodrum. Some of the sculptural reliefs were later recovered and are now in the British Museum.