1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• 7 February - 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, either an island or the mainland.
• July 8 - Vasco da Gama begins 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)
• Francesco Berni, Italian poet (died 1536)
• Jean Fernel, French physician (died 1558)
• John Heywood, English playwright (died 1580)
• Francesco da Milano, Italian composer (died 1543)
• Mori Motonari, Japanese daimyo (died 1571)
• Anne Stanhope, English noblewoman (died 1587)

Deaths

• February 6 - Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer
• June 14 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Gandia (assassinated)
• Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (born 1445)
• Elijah Delmedigo, Italian philosopher (born 1460)
• Philip II, Duke of Savoy (born 1443)

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