1498
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1495 1496 1497 – 1498 – 1499 1500 1501 |
| 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 | 13 Hen. 7 – 14 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2042 |
| Burmese calendar | 860 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7006–7007 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4194 or 4134 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4195 or 4135 |
| 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 | Meiō 7 (明応７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1415–1416 |
| Julian calendar | 1498 MCDXCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3831 |
| Minguo calendar | 414 before ROC 民前414年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 30 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2040–2041 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1624 or 1243 or 471 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1625 or 1244 or 472 |
1498 (MCDXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1498th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 498th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1498, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- 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.
- 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.