Information about 1497
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
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| Years: | 1494 1495 1496 - 1497 - 1498 1499 1500 |
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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.
| Gregorian calendar | 1497 MCDXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2250 |
| Armenian calendar | 946 ԹՎ ՋԽԶ |
| Bah' calendar | -347 – -346 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2041 |
| Chinese calendar | 4133/4193-7-24 (丙辰年七月廿四日) — to — 4134/4194-7-5(丁巳年七月初五日) |
| 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 0 (明応0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2157 (皇紀2157年) |
| Julian calendar | 1542 |
| Korean calendar | 3830 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2040 |
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
- Jean Fernel, French physician (died 1558)
- Mori Motonari, Japanese daimyo (died 1571)
- Anne Stanhope, English noblewoman (died 1587)
- probable
- Francesco Berni, Italian poet (died 1536)
- 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
- Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (born 1445)
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- Elia del Medigo, Italian philosopher (born 1460)
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- 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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Girolamo Savonarola (September 21, 1452 – May 23, 1498), also translated as Jerome Savonarola or Hieronymus Savonarola, was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498.
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Bonfire of the Vanities (Italian: Falò delle vanità ) refers to the burning of objects that are deemed to be occasions of sin. The most famous one took place on 7 February 1497, when Sandro Botticelli and other supporters of the Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and
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Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Province Florence (FI)
Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democrats of the Left)
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Region Tuscany
Province Florence (FI)
Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democrats of the Left)
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