Historical Events In 1497

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

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

Feb 15   Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 09   In the year 1497 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   In the year 1497 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   In the year 1497 battle of Deptford Bridge  

Jun 22   On this day in history antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath  

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

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 in the year 1497.  

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   In the year 1497 john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"  

Sep 07   On this day in history sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV  

Nov 18   In the year 1497 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope  

Nov 18   In the year 1497 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   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   John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 in the year 1497.  

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

Jul 22   On this day in history francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52