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   On this day in history philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

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

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

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

Mar 09   On this day in history nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation,  

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

May 10   On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World  

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

May 13   In the year 1497 pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola  

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   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 in the year 1497.  

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

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   In the year 1497 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   On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

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

Feb 06   On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79  

Jun 14   On this day in history death of giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)  

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