Historical Events In 1497

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

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

Feb 15   In the year 1497 philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

Feb 16   On this day in history philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

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

Mar 09   In the year 1497 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   On this day in history battle of Deptford Bridge   

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   In the year 1497 vasco da Gama departs for trip to India   

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

Jul 22   Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52 in the year 1497.   

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   In the year 1497 john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"   

Sep 07   Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV in the year 1497.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)   

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