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1497
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| Years : | 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 |
| Centuries: | 14th century · 15th century · 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 |
| 1497 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1497 MCDXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2250 |
| Armenian calendar | 946 |
| Chinese calendar | 4193 – 4194 丙辰 – 丁巳 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5257 – 5258 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1552 – 1553 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1419 – 1420 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4598 – 4599 |
| Iranian calendar | 875 – 876 |
| Islamic calendar | 902 – 903 |
| Japanese calendar | unknown |
| Runic calendar | 1747 |
1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
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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
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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)
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Deaths
- February 6 - Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer
- June 14 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (assassinated)
- Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (born 1445)
- Elijah Delmedigo, Italian philosopher (born 1460)
- Philip II, Duke of Savoy (born 1443)
