Historical Events In 1497

Jan 06   On this day in history jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)  

Feb 06   In the year 1497 john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79  

Feb 15   Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant on this day in history.  

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

Feb 25   Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France in the year 1497.  

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

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   On this day in history pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola  

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

Jun 22   In the year 1497 antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath  

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 08   In the year 1497 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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 10   In the year 1497 john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"  

Sep 07   Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 22   Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.  

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

Feb 15   In the year 1497 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   In the year 1497 death of giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)  

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