Historical Events In 1497

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

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

Feb 25   In the year 1497 italians troops reconquer Taranto on France  

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

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

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

May 10   In the year 1497 italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World  

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

May 13   On this day in history pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola  

Jun 17   On this day in history battle of Deptford Bridge  

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   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   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   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 in the year 1497.  

Aug 10   On this day in history john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"  

Sep 07   In the year 1497 sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV  

Nov 18   Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)  

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

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)  

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

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

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