1498

Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s
Years:	1495 1496 1497 - 1498 - 1499 1500 1501

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Year 1498 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1498

January 25 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits Quelimane and Moçambique in southeastern Africa.
May 20 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut (now Kozhikode), India, becoming the first European to get there by sailing around Africa, thus discovering the maritime route to India. He finds a local Jewish merchant who is able to interpret for him.
May 23 - Girolamo Savonarola, ruler of Florence, is executed for criticizing the Pope.
June - Niccolo Machiavelli is elected by the Great Council as the second chancellor of the Republic of Florence.
July 31 - On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
August 5 - Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher Columbus, founds the city of Santo Domingo, now part of the Dominican Republic, making it the oldest European City and permanent settlement in the New World.
Christopher Columbus lands on the South American continent.
The Portuguese sail up to the coasts of modern Tanzania and Kenya.
John Cabot leaves port on an expedition, never to be seen again.
The Portuguese arrive in Malacca, Indonesia.

**1498 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1498 MCDXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	2251
Armenian calendar	947 ԹՎ ՋԽԷ
Bahá'í calendar	-346 – -345
Berber calendar	2448
Buddhist calendar	2042
Burmese calendar	860
Chinese calendar	4134/4194-12-9 (丁巳年十二月初九日) — to — 4135/4195-intercalary 11-19 (戊午年閏十一月十九日)
Coptic calendar	1214 – 1215
Ethiopian calendar	1490 – 1491
Hebrew calendar	5258 – 5259
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1553 – 1554
- Shaka Samvat	1420 – 1421
- Kali Yuga	4599 – 4600
Holocene calendar	11498
Iranian calendar	876 – 877
Islamic calendar	903 – 904
Japanese calendar	Meiō 7 (明応7年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2158 (皇紀2158年)
Korean calendar	3831
Thai solar calendar	2041
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