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   On this day in history philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

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

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

Mar 09   Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation on this day in history.   

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

May 02   John Cabot departs to North-America on this day in history.   

May 10   In the year 1497 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   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   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) in the year 1497.   

Jul 08   Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork   

Aug 06   John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1497 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope   

Nov 18   On this day in history vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope   

Nov 22   In the year 1497 portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope   

Jan 26   Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

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