1497 - What happened in 1497 ?

May 1497

Monday 10:

Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.

Thursday 13:

Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.

Thursday 20:

John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship The Mathew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a 2 May date).

June 1497

Thursday 17:

Forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.

Thursday 24:

Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank executed at Tyburn, London

July 1497

Thursday 08:

Vasco da Gama sets sail on first direct European voyage to India.