What is 1498?
{{Year nav|1498}} {{Year in various calendars|1498}} {{Year article header|1498}} == 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 and Tobago|Trinidad]]. * [[Christopher Columbus]] lands on the [[South America]]n continent. * The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] sail up to the coasts of modern [[Tanzania]] and [[Kenya]]. * [[John Cabot]] leaves port on an expedition, never to be seen again. [[Category:1498| ]]