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Events
- January 10—Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
- August 29—Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
- First book printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.
- Landshut hochzeit took place.
Births
- February 25—Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (died 1499)
- March 6—Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (died 1564)
- September 18—Cesare Borgia, of France, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-General of Holy Church (d. March 12, 1507)
- December 11—Pope Leo X (died 1521)
- December 24—Thomas Murner, German satirist
- Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (died 1538)
- Valerius Anshelm, Swiss chronicler
- Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (died 1526)
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; died 1519)
- Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (died 1507)
- Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (approximate date; died 1554)
- Margaret Drummond, mistress of James IV of Scotland (approximate date; died 1502)
- Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright (died 1538)
- Khair ad Din, Ottoman-Turkish admiral and privateer (approximate date; died 1546)
- Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama (died 1541)
- Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer (approximate date; died 1520)
- Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; died 1541)
- Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (died 1554)
- John Stokesley, English prelate (approximate date; died 1539)
- Philippe Verdelot, French composer (died 1552)
- Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, English statesman (approximate date; died 1530)
Deaths
- March 10 - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (born 1430)
- Radu cel Frumos, Greek scholar
- Theodorus Gaza, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century (born c. 1400)
- Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow
- Masuccio Salernitano, Italian poet (born 1410)
- Simon of Trent, Italian saint, subject of a blood libel
- Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (born 1397)
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