The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, painted ca 1495-1498

In the year 1497, Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World (May 10), Vasco da Gama’s fleet departs from Lisbon, beginning his expedition to India (Jul 8), King of Denmark defeats Sten Sture the Elder at the Battle of Rotebro in Sweden (Sep 28), the Dominican church Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, containing the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, is completed – and all these fine people were born:

1497-xxxx Hans Holbein the Younger* portrait painter/printmaker – Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (1543/45)

1497-0216 Philip Melanchtlon* German humanist/reformer – Bretten, Holy Roman Empire (1560/63)
1497-0219 Matthäus Schwarz* German accountant/ fashion writer - Augsburg, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (c. 1574/c. 77)

1497-0402 Georg Giese* German Hanseatic merchant/active in London - Danzig, Pomerania (1562/64)
1497-0416 Mōri Motonari* 毛利 元就 a prominent daimyō in Chūgoku region during the Sengoku period - Japan (1571/74)
1497-0417 Pedro de Valdivia* conquistador/ second in command of Francisco Pizarro/the first royal governor of Chile - Villanueva de la Serena, Extremadura, Spanish Empire (1553/56)
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1497-0501 Johannes Knipstro* theologian/reformer - Sandau, Holy Roman Empire (1556/59)
1497-0503 Wilhelm IV of Eberstein* German count/president of the Reichskammergericht - Holy Roman Empire (1562/65)
1497-0521 Al-Hattab* Muslim jurist from Tripoli - Mecca, Mamluk Sultanate (1547/50)

1497-0715 Francis of Denmark* prince of Denmark, Norway and Sweden/son of King John of Denmark - (1511/13)

1497-0818 Francesco Canova da Milano* Italian lutenist/composer - Monza, Lombardy (1543/46)

1497-0908 Wolfgang Musculus* (b Müslin/Mäuslin) German theologian/Benedictine munk - Duss (1563/65)

1497-1029 Benedetto Accolti the Younger* Italian cardinal - Arezzo, Republic of Florence (1549/51)

Updated 8.1.2023
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