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 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1497 nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation,   

May 02   In the year 1497 john Cabot departs to North-America   

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

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

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

Jun 17   Battle of Deptford Bridge in the year 1497.   

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

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   On this day in history vasco da Gama departs for trip to India   

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

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   Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born in the year 1497.   

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

Feb 06   In the year 1497 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 on this day in history.