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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1494 1495 1496 - 1497 - 1498 1499 1500 |
| 1497 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1497 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1497
- February 7 - 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 (near present day Bonavista, Newfoundland).
- July 8 - Vasco da Gama's fleet departs from Lisbon, beginning 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.
- The Ottomans give Russian merchants freedom of trade within the empire.
| Gregorian calendar | 1497 MCDXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2250 |
| Armenian calendar | 946 ԹՎ ՋԽԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -347 – -346 |
| Berber calendar | 2447 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2041 |
| Burmese calendar | 859 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7005 – 7006 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年十一月廿八日 (4133/4193-11-28) — to —
丁巳年十二月初八日(4134/4194-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 1213 – 1214 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1489 – 1490 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5257 – 5258 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1552 – 1553 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1419 – 1420 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4598 – 4599 |
| Holocene calendar | 11497 |
| Iranian calendar | 875 – 876 |
| Islamic calendar | 902 – 903 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 6 (明応6年) |
| Korean calendar | 3830 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2040 |
Births
- January 26 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
- February 16 - Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (d. 1560)
- March - Giovanni Paolo I Sforza, Italian condottiero (d. 1535)
- April 2 - Georg Giese, German merchant (d. 1562)
- August 18 - Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (died 1543)
- October 29 - Benedetto Accolti the younger, Italian cardinal (d. 1549)
- date unknown
- Jean Fernel, French physician (d. 1558)
- Mori Motonari, Japanese daimyo (d. 1571)
- Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, English noblewoman (d. 1587)
- Gonzalo de Sandoval, Spanish conquistador (d. 1528)
- Johann Wild, German preacher (d. 1554)
- probable
- Francesco Berni, Italian poet (d. 1536)
- John Heywood, English playwright (d. 1580)
Deaths
- January 2 - Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan (b. 1475)
- January 30 - Lê Thánh Tông, King of Vietnam (b. 1442)
- February 6 - Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (b. c. 1410)
- June 14 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Gandia (assassinated) (b.1474)
- June 24 - Leaders of the Cornish Rebellion (executed)
- Michael An Gof, blacksmith
- Thomas Flamank, lawyer
- June 28 - James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley (b. c. 1463)
- July - Estêvão da Gama, explorer
- November 7 - Philip II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1443)
- date unknown
- Al-Mutawakkil II, Caliph of Cairo
- Al-Sakhawi, Egyptian scholar (b. 1428)
- Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (b. 1445)
- probable
- Elia del Medigo, Italian philosopher (b. 1460)