Historical Events In 1497

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

Feb 06   In the year 1497 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   Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France in the year 1497.   

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

May 10   On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World   

May 13   Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola in the year 1497.   

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

Jun 22   Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath on this day in history.   

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

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 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history "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   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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1497 birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

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

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

Jul 22   On this day in history francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52