Historical Events In 1497

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

Feb 06   John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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   Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France in the year 1497.   

Mar 09   On this day in history nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation   

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   Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 17   Battle of Deptford Bridge in the year 1497.   

Jun 22   In the year 1497 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   Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1497.   

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

Sep 07   In the year 1497 sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV   

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

Nov 18   In the year 1497 vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope   

Nov 22   On this day in history portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope   

Jan 26   In the year 1497 birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

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

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