Historical Events In 1497

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

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

Feb 15   On this day in history 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 in the year 1497.  

Mar 09   In the year 1497 nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation,  

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

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   In the year 1497 pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola  

Jun 17   Battle of Deptford Bridge on this day in history.  

Jun 22   On this day in history antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath  

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England in the year 1497.  

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

Jul 08   In the year 1497 vasco da Gama departs for trip to India  

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

Jul 22   In the year 1497 francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52  

Jul 26   On this day in history "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork  

Aug 06   John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America on this day in history.  

Aug 10   John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" in the year 1497.  

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

Nov 18   In the year 1497 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope  

Nov 18   In the year 1497 vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope  

Nov 22   Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1497.