Historical Events In 1498

Mar 02   Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island.   

Apr 07   Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27   

Apr 07   Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy   

Apr 08   Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

Apr 28   Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician.   

May 20   Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India.   

May 23   Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

May 30   Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America   

Jun 21   Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian   

Jun 26   Toothbrush invented   

Jul 04   Filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies   

Jul 07   Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel   

Jul 20   Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands   

Jul 27   Vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77.   

Jul 31   Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad.   

Aug 01   Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela)   

Aug 01   Christopher Columbus reaches the mainland of North America   

Aug 07   Columbus arrives in Caribbean.   

Aug 14   Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela   

Aug 17   Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French princess   

Aug 26   Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.   

Sep 16   Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10000 people, dies.   

Dec 07   Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist.   

Dec 19   Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

Apr 09   On this day in history birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)   

Nov 15   Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.   

Nov 30   On this day in history birth of andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568)   

Dec 19   Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born in the year 1498.   

Apr 07   On this day in history charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27   

Apr 08   In the year 1498 death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

Apr 28   Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician died on this day in history.   

May 23   Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 died in the year 1498.   

Jul 04   On this day in history filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies   

Jul 27   In the year 1498 vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77   

Sep 16   Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies in the year 1498.   

Dec 07   On this day in history death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist