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   In the year 1497 philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

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

Feb 25   On this day in history italians troops reconquer Taranto on France   

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

Mar 09   Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation, on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath in the year 1497.   

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   In the year 1497 vasco da Gama departs for trip to India   

Jul 08   In the year 1497 vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India   

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   John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America in the year 1497.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 18   Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.   

Nov 18   Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.   

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