1498 Death Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 1498 Event Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy 1497 Event Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola 1452 Birthday Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98
