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   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   On this day in history nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation   

Mar 09   In the year 1497 nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation,   

May 02   In the year 1497 john Cabot departs to North-America   

May 10   Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World in the year 1497.   

May 10   In the year 1497 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   Battle of Deptford Bridge on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1497.   

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

Jul 26   On this day in history "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork   

Aug 06   On this day in history john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America   

Aug 10   John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" in the year 1497.   

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   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   Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jun 14   Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474) died in the year 1497.   

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