1497
align="center" colspan=2 |
Years:
1494
1495
1496
-
1497
-
1498
1499
1500
align="center" colspan=2 |
Decades
:
1460s
1470s
1480s
-
1490s
-
1500s
1510s
1520s
align="center" |
Centuries
:
14th century
-
15th century
-
16th century
Events
May 10
-
Amerigo Vespucci
allegedly leaves
Cdiz
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
.
Births
February 16
-
Philipp Melanchthon
, humanist and reformer (+
1560
)
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan
Pedro de Valdivia
,
Conquistador
of
Chile
and founder of
Santiago, Chile
Francesco da Milano
- Italian composer
Deaths
<< Previous
Word Browser
Next >>
c. a. r. hoare
1 e5 j
deity
anahuac
aragon
anti psychiatry
agnus dei
magnavox
mikhail bulgakov
minesweeper (computer game)
microware
treasure trap
library of congress classification:class p language and literature
jefferies tube
np complete
adam gottlob oehlenschlger
nottingham
history of alabama
history of andorra
history of austria
history of liechtenstein
library of congress classification:class g geography. anthropology. recreation
library of congress classification:class r medicine
lillian moller gilbreth
mai zetterling
1499
1496
1494
1491
1490
1488
1489
1486
1485
1484
1482
1479
1475
1474
1472
1470
1468
1467
1466