1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. 1494 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1495 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits Quelimane and Moçambique in southeastern Africa. ... Events January 8 - Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany due to law set by his predecessor, Louis VIII July 22 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I. July 28 - First Battle of Lepanto - The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over... // Events Europes population was ~60 million. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s Years: 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 Events and Trends Sonni Ali, first Songhai king, conquers many of his African neighbors. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s Years: 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 Events and Trends battle of Avenches 1476 Prominent Persons Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer Categories: 1470s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 Events and Trends Categories: 1480s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s Years: 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 Events and Trends 1490: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell & Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... ---- Events and Trends Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Spanish arrive in present-day Gulf of Mexico External links 1500-1524 Events 1500-1509 Events Categories: 1500s ... ---- Events and Trends Template:Stub:hist Categories: 1510s ... ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... This is the calendar for any common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C). ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ...

Events

• 7 February - followers of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of "immoral" objects at the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence on Shrove Tuesday.
• May 10 - Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
• May 13 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
• May 20 - John Cabot sets sail from Bristol on his ship the Mathew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
• June 17 - Battle of Deptford Bridge - Forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
• June 24 - John Cabot lands in North America, either an island or the mainland.
• July 8 - Vasco da Gama begins his expedition to India.
• December 5 - King Manuel I of Portugal proclaims an edict in which he demands that Jews convert to Christianity or leave the country
• Ivan the Great issues his law code, the Sudebnik

February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Girolamo Savonarola by Fra Bartolomeo, ca 1498 Girolamo Savonarola (Ferrara, then Duchy of Ferrara, September 21, 1452 – Florence, May 23, 1498), also translated as Jerome Savonarola or Hieronymous Savonarola, was a Italian Dominican priest and, briefly, ruler of Florence, who was known for religious reformation and anti-Renaissance preaching and... The Bonfire of the Vanities refers to an event in 1497 when followers of the priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects in Florence, Italy. ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... In the Christian calendar, Shrove Tuesday is the English name for the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which in turn marks the beginning of Lent. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... For the Italian ship named after Vespucci, see Amerigo Vespucci (ship). ... City nickname: Tacita de plata (little silver cup) Official website: http://www. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... Alexander VI, (Rodrigo Borgia) (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503) pope (1492-1503), is the most memorable of the secular popes of the Renaissance. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Girolamo Savonarola by Fra Bartolomeo, ca 1498 Girolamo Savonarola (Ferrara, then Duchy of Ferrara, September 21, 1452 – Florence, May 23, 1498), also translated as Jerome Savonarola or Hieronymous Savonarola, was a Italian Dominican priest and, briefly, ruler of Florence, who was known for religious reformation and anti-Renaissance preaching and... 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... John Cabot gazes across Bristol Harbour Giovanni Caboto (c. ... Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... The Battle of Deptford Bridge took place on 17 June 1497 on a site in present-day Deptford in south-east London, adjacent to the River Ravensbourne. ... Henry VII (January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 – April 21, 1509), was the founder of the Tudor dynasty. ... Michael An Gof (also known as Michael Joseph; An Gof is Cornish for blacksmith) and Thomas Flamank (a Bodmin landowners son and London lawyer) led the Cornish Rebellion of 1497, in which rebels marched on London to protest at King Henry VIIs levying of a tax with which... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... John Cabot gazes across Bristol Harbour Giovanni Caboto (c. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama (IPA: /; born c. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Manuel I of Puerto Rico (pron. ... An edict is an announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion that recognizes Jesus Christ as its central figure, Lord and Messiah. ... Albus rex Ivan III Ivan III Vasilevich (Иван III Васильевич) (January 22, 1440 - October 27, 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was a grand duke of Muscovy who first adopted a more pretentious title of the grand duke of all the Russias. Sometimes referred to as the gatherer of... Sudebnik of 1497 (Судебник in Russian, or Code of Law), a collection of laws, which was introduced by Ivan III and played a big part in the centralization of the Russian state, creation of the nationwide Russian Law and elimination of feudal division. ...

Births

• January 26 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (died 1557)
• February 16 - Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (died 1560)
• Francesco Berni, Italian poet (died 1536)
• Jean Fernel, French physician (died 1558)
• John Heywood, English playwright (died 1580)
• Francesco da Milano, Italian composer (died 1543)
• Mori Motonari, Japanese daimyo (died 1571)
• Anne Stanhope, English noblewoman (died 1587)

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Emperor Go-Nara (後奈良天皇) (January 26, 1497 - September 27, 1557) was the 105th imperial ruler of Japan. ... Events Spain is effectively bankrupt. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... Francesco Berni (1497 - 1536), Italian poet, was born about 1497 at Lamporecchio, in Bibbiena, a district of Tuscany lying along the Upper Arno. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Jean François Fernel (1497?–Fontainebleau 1558) was a French physician who introduced the term physiology to describe the study of the bodys function. ... Events January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. ... John Heywood (1497-1580) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... Francesco da Milano (1497-1543) was a medieval Italian lutist virtuoso and composer. ... // Events February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn. ... Mōri Motonari (毛利 元就 Mōri Motonari, 1497-1571) was one of prominent daimyō in the west Chugoku region. ... Events January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. ... Anne Stanhope after the execution of her husband Sir Edward Seymour, The Protector Anne Stanhope (1497 - April 16, 1587), was the daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope and Elizabeth Bourchier. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ...

Deaths

• February 6 - Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer
• June 14 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (assassinated)
• Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (born 1445)
• Elijah Delmedigo, Italian philosopher (born 1460)
• Philip II, Duke of Savoy (born 1443)