1498
ID: 109
Vasco da Gama reaches India using caravel and compass - 27,000 mile journey guided by needle pointing north
ID: 109
1498
ID: 128
Savonarola burned but many consider him saint - Dominican reformer's 'bonfire of vanities' consumed by flames
ID: 128
1498
ID: 5744
Vasco da Gama reaches Kerala spice markets - breaks Arab-Venetian monopoly, pepper prices drop 90% in Lisbon
ID: 5744
1498
ID: 87
May 23, 1498
Savonarola burned in Florence - reformer becomes ash in Piazza della Signoria
ID: 87
1498
ID: 5142
May 23, 1498
Savonarola burned at stake in Florence - executed where he held Bonfire of Vanities, ashes thrown in Arno
ID: 5142