Historical Events In 1497

Jan 06   Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria) in the year 1497.  

Feb 06   On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79  

Feb 15   In the year 1497 philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

Feb 16   In the year 1497 philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)  

Feb 25   In the year 1497 italians troops reconquer Taranto on France  

Mar 09   Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation on this day in history.  

Mar 09   On this day in history nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation,  

May 02   In the year 1497 john Cabot departs to North-America  

May 10   Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World on this day in history.  

May 10   Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World on this day in history.  

May 13   Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola on this day in history.  

Jun 17   Battle of Deptford Bridge in the year 1497.  

Jun 22   Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath in the year 1497.  

Jun 24   In the year 1497 john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England  

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) in the year 1497.  

Jul 08   Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India on this day in history.  

Jul 08   On this day in history vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India  

Jul 22   Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52 in the year 1497.  

Jul 26   "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork in the year 1497.  

Aug 06   In the year 1497 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America  

Aug 10   John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" on this day in history.  

Sep 07   Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV in the year 1497.  

Nov 18   Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.  

Nov 18   On this day in history vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope  

Nov 22   In the year 1497 portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope  

Jan 26   In the year 1497 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)  

Feb 15   Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born in the year 1497.  

Feb 16   In the year 1497 birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)  

Feb 06   John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jun 14   Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474) died in the year 1497.  

Jul 22   Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.