1497

Events in 1497 3

• 1420 – 1497 Johannes Tinctoris Franco-Flemish composer and theorist Johannes Tinctoris was a composer and theorist whose twelve treatises on music theory were the most comprehensive of the 15th century. He served at the court of Naples.
• 1430 – 1497 Johannes Ockeghem Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer Johannes Ockeghem was one of the most influential composers of the 15th century. His masses and motets show extraordinary command of counterpoint and earned him great renown.
• 1497 – 1543 Hans Holbein the Younger Northern Renaissance · Germany Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497 – 1543) was a German painter who became court painter to Henry VIII of England. His precise, psychologically penetrating portraits are the definitive images of the Tudor court.