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Year '1497' was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1497

Births

Deaths

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, To what is today known as Bonavista, Newfoundland.

★ July 8 - Vasco da Gama's fleet depart 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.

Births

★ January 26 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (died 1557)

★ February 16 - Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (died 1560)

★ August 18 - Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (died 1543)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Jean Fernel, French physician (died 1558)

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★ Mori Motonari, Japanese daimyo (died 1571)

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★ Anne Stanhope, English noblewoman (died 1587)

★ ''probable''

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★ Francesco Berni, Italian poet (died 1536)

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★ John Heywood, English playwright (died 1580)

Deaths

★ January 2 - Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan (born 1475)

★ January 30 - Lê Thánh Tông, King of Vietnam (born 1442)

★ February 6 - Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer (born c1410)

★ June 14 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Gandia (assassinated) (born 1474)

★ June 24 - Thomas Flamank, Cornish lawyer (executed) (born unknown)

★ July - Estêvão da Gama, explorer

★ November 7 - Philip II, Duke of Savoy (born 1443)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (born 1445)

★ ''probable''

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★ Elia del Medigo, Italian philosopher (born 1460)