Historical Events In 1497

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

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

Feb 15   Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant in the year 1497.   

Feb 16   Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   On this day in history italians troops reconquer Taranto on France   

Mar 09   Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation in the year 1497.   

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

May 02   In the year 1497 john Cabot departs to North-America   

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   In the year 1497 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 on this day in history.   

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   Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India on this day in history.   

Jul 08   On this day in history vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India   

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

Jul 26   "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork in the year 1497.   

Aug 06   John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America on this day in history.   

Aug 10   On this day in history john Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"   

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

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

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

Nov 22   Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope in the year 1497.   

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

Feb 15   Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born in the year 1497.   

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

Feb 06   In the year 1497 john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

Jun 14   On this day in history death of giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)   

Jul 22   Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.