1498
Vasco da Gama Reaches Calicut
After ten months and a storm-broken crew, da Gama's three remaining ships anchored off the Malabar Coast.
Columbus's Third Voyage Sights South America
Columbus's fleet reached the coast of what is now Venezuela and entered the Orinoco delta.
Durer Publishes Apocalypse Woodcuts
Albrecht Durer, twenty-seven, issued fifteen monumental woodcuts illustrating the Book of Revelation.
Cabot's Second Voyage Lost
John Cabot sailed from Bristol with five ships on a second North Atlantic voyage and was never reliably heard from again.
Savonarola Executed in Florence
The friar who had preached Florence into penitence was hanged and burned in the same piazza where he had conducted his bonfires.
Louis XII Becomes King of France
The Orleans duke inherited the throne on Charles VIII's death from a bumped head at the Chateau d'Amboise.
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1498?
Saeculum lists 6 events from 1498. The most significant is Vasco da Gama Reaches Calicut: After ten months and a storm-broken crew, da Gama's three remaining ships anchored off the Malabar Coast.
What era was 1498 part of?
1498 falls within the Late Middle Ages (1301-1500). Plague, papal schism, and the seeds of nation-states.
Which regions saw notable events in 1498?
The events from 1498 span South Asia, South America, Europe and North America.