What happened in 1497?
Conquest of Melilla, Siege of Samarkand and Battle of Rotebro — among 36 events recorded in 1497.
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Wars & Conflicts 7
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Siege of Samarkand
1497 part of Timurid Civil Wars
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Battle of Rotebro
1497 late 15th Century conflict between Denmark and Sweden
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Polish-Moldavian War
1497 war
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Attack on Mers el-Kébir
1497 battle
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Battle of Black Mount
Scottish clan battle (1497 or 1498)
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Battle of Drumchatt
Battle in Highland, Scotland, UK
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Conquest of Melilla
1497 conquest
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People 9
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Lê Thánh Tông died
Emperor of Đại Việt (1442-1497) (r. 1460-1497)
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Albert Brudzewski died
Polish academic and diplomat
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Antonio Manetti died
Italian humanist, architect and mathematician (1423-1497)
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António de Noli died
Italian explorer
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Bernhard von Breydenbach died
German author (1440–1497)
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Domenico Colombo died
Father of Christopher Columbus (1418–1496)
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Gherardo di Giovanni del Fora died
Italian painter (1445-1497)
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Philipp Melanchthon born
Born in Bretten. German reformer (1497-1560).
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Al-Mutawakkil II died
Died in Cairo. 15th Abbasid caliph of Cairo.
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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St. John's
Capital and largest city of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Religion & Belief Systems 11
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Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque
Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Rot an der Rot Abbey
Monastery
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Boyacı Hasan Ağa Mosque
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St. Nikolaus
Filial church in Höselhurst, Germany
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St. Johann Baptist
Church building in Steinbrünning, Germany
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Reformed Church with Rectory and annexes
Church building and building ensemble in Oberburg in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Assumption Cathedral (Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery)
Eastern Orthodox Church in Kirillov, Russia
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Michaelskapelle
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Chapel of the Bishop Eroli
Chapel of 1497 in the Cathedral of Spoleto
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Rinsen-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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shenxian yuandi
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Social Movements & Revolutions 2
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Cornish Rebellion of 1497
Popular uprising by the people of Cornwall in the far southwest of Britain
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Second Cornish Uprising of 1497
Military conflict
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Architecture & Engineering 5
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Santa Maria della Pace
Church building in Milan, Italy
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St. Lawrence's Church
Church of Sweden church building in Söderköping, Sweden
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St George's Church, Gravesend
Anglican church in Kent, England, UK
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'Snow Church', Aberdeen
Church building and burial ground in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Fort de Salses
Fort
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Empires & Countries 1
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Banswara State founded
Banswara State was founded, with its capital at Banswara.
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