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1497 Calendar

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•  February 7, 1497 – The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.
•  May 10, 1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
•  May 13, 1497 – Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
•  May 20, 1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Ship looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
•  June 17, 1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
•  June 24, 1497 – John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
•  June 27, 1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
•  July 8, 1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
•  December 16, 1497 – Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.

•  January 26, 1497 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
•  February 16, 1497 – Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (d. 1560)