Historical Events In 1497

Jan 06   Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria) on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1497.  

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

May 02   On this day in history john Cabot departs to North-America  

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 in the year 1497.  

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

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England on this day in history.  

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

Jul 08   Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India in the year 1497.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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   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   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   In the year 1497 john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79  

Jun 14   In the year 1497 death of giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)  

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