Historical Events In 1497

Jan 06   Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria) on this day in history.  

Feb 06   John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 in the year 1497.  

Feb 15   In the year 1497 philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

Feb 16   Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) in the year 1497.  

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

Mar 09   In the year 1497 nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation  

Mar 09   Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation, on this day in history.  

May 02   John Cabot departs to North-America in the year 1497.  

May 10   In the year 1497 italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World  

May 10   Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World in the year 1497.  

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   On this day in history antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath  

Jun 24   On this day in history john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England  

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) on this day in history.  

Jul 08   Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India in the year 1497.  

Jul 08   Vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India in the year 1497.  

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

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

Aug 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV  

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

Nov 18   Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)  

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

Feb 16   Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born in the year 1497.  

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 on this day in history.  

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