1498

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1498 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1498 MCDXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	2251
Armenian calendar	947 ԹՎ ՋԽԷ
Bahá'í calendar	-346 – -345
Buddhist calendar	2042
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)
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)
- Jōmon Era	11498
Julian calendar	1543
Korean calendar	3831
Thai solar calendar	2041
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1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits Quelimane and Moçambique in southeastern Africa.
• May 20 - Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut (now Kozhikode), India, becoming the first European to get there by sailing around Africa.
• May 23 - Girolamo Savonarola, ruler of Florence, is executed for criticizing the Pope.
• 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.

Births

• April 9 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (died 1550)
• November 15 - Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (died 1558)
• December 19 - Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (died 1552)
• date unknown
  • Giulio Clovio, (Juraj Julije Klovic) Dalmatian miniaturist and illustrator (died 1578)
  • Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (died 1574)
  • Anna of Masovia, Polish princess (died 1557)
  • Meera, Rajput princess (died 1547)
  • Sagara Taketo, Japanese retainer (died 1551)
  • Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Friar (died 1568)
  • Pier Paolo Vergerio, Italian religious reformer (died 1565)
  • Felix Manz, leader of the Swiss Anabaptist (died 1527)

Deaths

• February 4 - Antonio Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (born c1432)
• March 24 - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (born 1470)
• April 28 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle) (born c1449)
• April 7 - King Charles VIII of France (born 1470)
• May 23 - Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (born 1452)
• December 7 - Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist (born c1443)
• date unknown
  • Domenico Rosselli, Italian sculptor (born c1439)
• probable
  • Johannes Martini, Flemish composer (born c1440)af:1498

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