Historical Events In 1497

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

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

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

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

Feb 25   On this day in history italians troops reconquer Taranto on France   

Mar 09   On this day in history nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation   

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

May 02   John Cabot departs to North-America on this day in history.   

May 10   Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World in the year 1497.   

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 in the year 1497.   

Jun 17   Battle of Deptford Bridge in the year 1497.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aug 06   John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America in the year 1497.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 18   Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.   

Nov 18   Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.   

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

Jan 26   Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1497 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

Feb 16   Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on this day in history.   

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.