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Events
- January 14 - Novgorod surrenders to Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow.
- February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
- April 26 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
- December 28 - Battle of Giornico - Swiss troops defeat the Milanese.
- Lorenzo de' Medici becomes sole ruler of Florence
- Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow conquers Novgorod
- Vladislav II of Bohemia makes peace with Hungary
- Eskender succeeds his father Baeda Maryam as Emperor of Ethiopia at the age of six.
Births
- February 7 - Thomas More, English statesman and humanist (died 1535)
- March 12 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1516)
- May 26 - Pope Clement VII (died 1534)
- July 22 - King Philip I of Castile (died 1506)
- December 6 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (died 1529)
- Thomas Ashwell, English composer (approximate date)
- Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (died 1555)
- Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (died 1553)
- Visconte Maggiolo, Italian navigator and cartographer
- Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Spanish historian (died 1557)
Deaths
- February 18 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (born 1449)
- April 26 - Giuliano di Piero de' Medici, son of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (assassinated) (born 1453)
- November 19 - Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (born 1448)
- Donato Acciaiuoli, Italian scholar (born 1428)
- Ludovico II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (born 1412)
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