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Events
- February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south.
- September 9 - Anne of Brittany becomes Duchess of Brittany at the age of 11
- Battle of St.Aubin-du-Cormier. Troops loyal to King Charles VIII of France defeat rebel forces led by the Dukes of Orleans and Brittany in the main engagement of the Mad War.
- James IV succeeds his father James III as King of Scotland.
- Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford takes possession of Cardiff Castle.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti becomes apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio.
- City of Bikaner in western India founded by Rao Bika.
Births
- January 6 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German Latin poet (died 1540)
- March 19 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
- Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
- Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
- Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (died 1534)
- Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (died 1568)
- Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (died 1563)
- Ulrich von Hutten, German religious reformer (died 1523)
- Rabbi Yosef Karo, Jewish scholar (died 1575)
- Sebastian Münster, German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (died 1552)
- Oswald Myconius, Swiss religious reformer (died 1552)
- Jan Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (died 1561)
- Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop (died 1555)
- Gustav Trolle, Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1533)
Deaths
- June 11 - King James III of Scotland
- July 18 - Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (born 1432)
- September 9 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (fell from a horse) (born 1433)
- John II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1426)
- Iizasa Ienao, Japanese swordsman
- Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor
See also
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