Editing 1498 (section)

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2011}}
[[File:Vasco da Gama perante o Samorim de Calecute.png|thumb|[[Vasco da Gama]] reaches India by sea.]]
{{About year|1498}}
{{Year nav|1498}}
{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1498''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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 and pre-final year of the [[1490s]] decade.