Historical Events In 1497

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

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

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

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

Feb 25   Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation in the year 1497.   

Mar 09   Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation, in the year 1497.   

May 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1497.   

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

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

Jun 24   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1497.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 22   On this day in history portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope   

Jan 26   Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born in the year 1497.   

Feb 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)   

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