Historical Events In 1497

Jan 06   On this day in history jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)  

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   Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) in the year 1497.  

Feb 25   Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France in the year 1497.  

Mar 09   In the year 1497 nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation  

Mar 09   On this day in history nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation,  

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   Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World in the year 1497.  

May 13   On this day in history pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola  

Jun 17   In the year 1497 battle of Deptford Bridge  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jul 08   Vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India in the year 1497.  

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

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

Aug 06   In the year 1497 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America  

Aug 10   John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" on this day in history.  

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

Nov 22   Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.  

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

Feb 15   In the year 1497 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

Feb 16   Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06   John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 in the year 1497.  

Jun 14   On this day in history death of giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)  

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