Historical Events In 1497

Jan 06   In the year 1497 jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)  

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) in the year 1497.  

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, on this day in history.  

May 02   On this day in history 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   Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World in the year 1497.  

May 13   Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola on this day in history.  

Jun 17   In the year 1497 battle of Deptford Bridge  

Jun 22   In the year 1497 antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath  

Jun 24   On this day in history john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England  

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1497.  

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 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 in the year 1497.  

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

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   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.