1497
year
1497 (MCDXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1497th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 497th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 15th century, and the 8th year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1497, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1494 1495 1496 – 1497 – 1498 1499 1500 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1497 MCDXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2250 |
| Armenian calendar | 946 ԹՎ ՋԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6247 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1418–1419 |
| Bengali calendar | 904 |
| Berber calendar | 2447 |
| English Regnal year | 12 Hen. 7 – 13 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2041 |
| Burmese calendar | 859 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7005–7006 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4193 or 4133 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4194 or 4134 |
| Coptic calendar | 1213–1214 |
| Discordian calendar | 2663 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1489–1490 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5257–5258 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1553–1554 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1418–1419 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4597–4598 |
| Holocene calendar | 11497 |
| Igbo calendar | 497–498 |
| Iranian calendar | 875–876 |
| Islamic calendar | 902–903 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 6 (明応６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1414–1415 |
| Julian calendar | 1497 MCDXCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3830 |
| Minguo calendar | 415 before ROC 民前415年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 29 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2039–2040 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1623 or 1242 or 470 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1624 or 1243 or 471 |
Events
change- July 8 – Vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon, Portugal for is first trip through the Cape of Good Hope to India.
- Spanish Empire: Melilla is captured by Castile.
- Girolamo Savonarola, priest and leader of Florence, Italy burns what he believes is immoral art in Piazza della Signoria. Savonarola is excommunicated and burned alive in that same location later in the same year.
Deaths
change- February 6 – Johannes Ockeghem, Belgian composer (b. 1410)