Historical Events In 1497

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

Feb 06   On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

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

Feb 16   In the year 1497 philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

Feb 25   Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1497 italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World   

May 10   On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World   

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

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   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England in the year 1497.   

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia) on this day in history.   

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

Nov 18   On this day in history bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope   

Nov 18   On this day in history vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope   

Nov 22   In the year 1497 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   Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born in the year 1497.   

Feb 16   In the year 1497 birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

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

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