Historical Events In 1497

Jan 06   Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria) in the year 1497.  

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   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   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   In the year 1497 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 in the year 1497.  

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

Jul 26   In the year 1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork  

Aug 06   In the year 1497 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America  

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

Jan 26   In the year 1497 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   John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jun 14   Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474) died on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.