Historical Events In 1497

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

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

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   On this day in history nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation   

Mar 09   Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation, in the year 1497.   

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

Jun 24   In the year 1497 john Cabot claims eastern Canada for England   

Jun 24   In the year 1497 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   In the year 1497 vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India   

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   Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.   

Nov 18   Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

Nov 22   On this day in history portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope   

Jan 26   Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 16   Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) was born in the year 1497.   

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

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