Historical Events In 1497

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

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   Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) on this day in history.  

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, in the year 1497.  

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

May 10   On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World  

May 10   On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World  

May 13   Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola in the year 1497.  

Jun 17   On this day in history battle of Deptford Bridge  

Jun 22   Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath on this day in history.  

Jun 24   In the year 1497 john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England  

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) in the year 1497.  

Jul 08   In the year 1497 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   On this day in history "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   In the year 1497 john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"  

Sep 07   Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV on this day in history.  

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   Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1497 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 in the year 1497.  

Jul 22   In the year 1497 francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52