Fatto generale: 1496 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fatto matematico: 1496 is the sum of the first 16 squares.
Trivia: 1496 is a boring number.
Data storica: February 4th is the day in 960 that the coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.