Major Events
- Feb 14 Treaty of Dordrecht establishes an anti-French alliance between Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and King Henry VII of England
- Mar 2 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
- Apr 7 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
- May 20 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea
- May 30 Christopher Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
- Jun 21 Jews are expelled from Nuremberg, Bavaria, by Emperor Maximillian
- Jun 26 Toothbrush invented in China using boar bristles
- Jul 7 Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel
- Jul 20 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I names Albert III, Duke of Saxony the Governor of Friesland
- Jul 31 Christopher Columbus is the first European to discover the island of Trinidad on his third voyage
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Born in 1498
- Apr 9 John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman, born in Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine (d. 1550)
- Nov 15 Eleanor of Austria, European noble - Queen of Portugal (1518-21), Queen of France (1530-47), Duchess of Touraine (1547–1558), born in Leuven, Habsburg Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1558)
- Dec 19 Andreas Osiander, German Protestant Reformation theologist, born in Gunzenhausen, Ansbach (d. 1552)
Charles VIIIMore 1498 Deaths
Articles About 1498
Mad Monk Burns 2,000 At The Stake
With convictions similar to the Nazis 500 years later, Spain's 15th Century Grand Inquisitor wanted to drive the Jews from his country.September 16
Greek God Blamed For Tsunami
A huge tsunami hit Japan on this day, killing up to 31,000 people. It was not the first, nor the last, nor the most deadly. Nor was it the work of an angry god.September 20
Famous Weddings in 1498
- Aug 17 Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander IV, 1st man to resign the cardinalate marries Charlotte d'Albret of Navarre
Leonardo da Vinci
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