1498
| Centuries: | 14th century · 15th century · 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501 |
| 1498 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 1498 MCDXCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2251 |
| Armenian calendar | 947 ԹՎ ՋԽԷ |
| 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 |
| Iranian calendar | 876 – 877 |
| Islamic calendar | 903 – 904 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2041 |
1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
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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
- Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Friar (died 1568)
- April 9 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (died 1550)
- November 15 - Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (died 1558)
- Giorgio Giulio Clovio, Italian painter (died 1578)
- Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (died 1574)
- Juraj Julije Klovic, Dalmatian miniaturist (died 1578)
- Anna of Masovia, Polish princess (died 1557)
- Meera, Rajput princess (died 1547)
- Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (died 1552)
- Sagara Taketo, Japanese retainer (died 1551)
- Pier Paolo Vergerio, Italian religious reformer (died 1565)
- Felix Manz, leader of the Swiss Anabaptist (died 1527)
Deaths
- 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)
- Johannes Martini, Flemish composer (born c1440)
- Antonio Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (born c1432)
- Domenico Rosselli, Italian sculptor (born c1439)
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