Historical Events In 1497

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

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

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 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   On this day in history john Cabot departs to North-America   

May 10   On this day in history italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World   

May 10   In the year 1497 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   In the year 1497 battle of Deptford Bridge   

Jun 22   Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath in the year 1497.   

Jun 24   John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England on this day in history.   

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

Jul 08   On this day in history 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   John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America on this day in history.   

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

Sep 07   Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV on this day in history.   

Nov 18   In the year 1497 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope   

Nov 18   Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.   

Nov 22   Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)   

Feb 15   Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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