1498

1498 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	1498; MCDXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	2251
Armenian calendar	947; ԹՎ ՋԽԷ
Assyrian calendar	6248
Balinese saka calendar	1419–1420
Bengali calendar	905
Berber calendar	2448
English Regnal year	13Hen. 7– 14Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar	2042
Burmese calendar	860
Byzantine calendar	7006–7007
Chinese calendar	Đinh TịNăm (FireSnake); 4195 or 3988; — to —; Mậu ngọ năm (EarthHorse); 4196 or 3989
Coptic calendar	1214–1215
Discordian calendar	2664
Ethiopian calendar	1490–1491
Hebrew calendar	5258–5259
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1554–1555
-Shaka Samvat	1419–1420
-Kali Yuga	4598–4599
Holocene calendar	11498
Igbo calendar	498–499
Iranian calendar	876–877
Islamic calendar	903–904
Japanese calendar	Meiō7; ( minh ứng ７ năm )
Javanese calendar	1415–1416
Julian calendar	1498; MCDXCVIII
Korean calendar	3831
Minguo calendar	414 beforeROC; Dân trước 414 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	30
Thai solar calendar	2040–2041
Tibetan calendar	Âm hỏa xà năm; (female Fire-Snake); 1624 or 1243 or 471; — to —; Dương thổ mã năm; (male Earth-Horse); 1625 or 1244 or 472

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century; 15th century; 16th century;
Decades:	1470s; 1480s; 1490s; 1500s; 1510s;
Years:	1495; 1496; 1497; 1498; 1499; 1500; 1501;

Year1498(MCDXCVIII) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar,the 1498th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 498th year of the2nd millennium,the 98th year of the15th century,and the 9th and pre-final year of the1490sdecade.

Events

March 2–Vasco da GamavisitsQuelimaneandMozambique,in southeastern Africa.
April 14–PortugueseexplorerVasco Da GamareachesMalindi,in modern-dayKenya.
May
- John CabotleavesBristolon an expedition, never to be seen again.
- The EnglishMerchant Adventurersare granted a trade monopoly with theNetherlands.^[1]
May 20– Portuguese navigatorVasco da Gamaarrives atCalicut(modern-dayKozhikode), India, becoming the first European to get there by sailing around Africa, thus discovering the maritime route to India. He finds a local Arab merchant who is able to interpret for him.
May 23–Girolamo Savonarola,ruler ofFlorence,is executed for criticizing thePope.
May 30–Christopher Columbussets out on histhird voyageto theWestern HemispherefromSanlúcar, Spain.
June–Niccolò Machiavelliis elected by the Great Council as the second chancellor of theRepublic of Florence.
Summer – The final Welsh revolt of the medieval era breaks out inMeirionnydd,North Wales;Harlech Castleis captured by the rebels before the revolt is suppressed.
July 31– Columbus becomes the first European to visit the island ofTrinidad.
August 1– Columbus discovers the mouth of theOrinoco.
August 4–12– Columbus explores theGulf of Paria.On August 5 he lands on theParia Peninsula,^[2]the first definitely recorded landing of Europeans on the mainland Americas.
September 20–1498 Nankai earthquakeoff the coast of Japan.

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^Bergreen, Lawrence(2011).Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1493–1504.New York: Penguin. p. 249.ISBN 978-1101544327.Archivedfrom the original on December 7, 2023.RetrievedMay 31,2023.
^Marshall, Rosalind K. (2003).Scottish Queens, 1034-1714.Tuckwell Press. p. 101.
^"Charles VIII | king of France".Encyclopedia Britannica.Archivedfrom the original on October 21, 2020.RetrievedOctober 20,2020.
^Oxford University Press (June 1, 2010).Girolamo Savonarola: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide.Oxford University Press, USA. p. 13.ISBN 978-0-19-980953-0.Archivedfrom the original on April 29, 2024.RetrievedJanuary 6,2021.
^John Fraser Ramsey(1973).Spain: the Rise of the First World Power.Office for International Studies and Programs. p. 299.ISBN 978-0-8173-5704-7.Archivedfrom the original on April 29, 2024.RetrievedJanuary 6,2021.
^Clayton J. Drees (2001).The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary.Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 465.ISBN 978-0-313-30588-7.Archivedfrom the original on April 29, 2024.RetrievedJanuary 6,2021.
^Peter G. Bietenholz; Thomas Brian Deutscher (January 1, 2003).Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation.University of Toronto Press. p. 173.ISBN 978-0-8020-8577-1.Archivedfrom the original on April 29, 2024.RetrievedJanuary 6,2021.

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