Events

• January 10 - Battle of Vaslui: Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
• August 29— The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
• November - The Battle on the Planta takes place during the Burgundian Wars.
• Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.
• The Landshuter hochzeit takes place.
• Kiva Han, the world's first coffee house, opens in Constantinople, now modern day Istanbul.
• The oldest recorded game of chess is played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles.

Births

• February 25—Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499)
• March 6—Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (d. 1564)
• September 6 - Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)
• September 13? - Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1507)
• December 11—Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
• December 24—Thomas Murner, German satirist (d. c. 1537)
• date unknown
• Valerius Anshelm, Swiss chronicler
• Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; d. 1519)
• Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama (d. 1541)
• probable
• Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (d. 1526)
• Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (d. 1554)
• Margaret Drummond, mistress of James IV of Scotland (d. 1502)
• Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright (d. 1538)
• Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer (d. 1520)
• Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador (d. 1541)
• John Stokesley, English prelate (d. 1539)

Deaths

• March 10 - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (b. 1430)
• March - Simon of Trent, Italian saint, subject of a blood libel
• June 13 - Joan of Portugal, Queen of Castile (b. 1439)
• September 6 - Adolph II of Nassau, Archbishop of Mainz (b. c. 1423)
• December 10 - Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (b. 1397)
• date unknown
• Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet
• Radu cel Frumos, Prince of Wallachia (born c. 1437)
• Theodorus Gaza, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century (b. c. 1400)
• Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow
• Masuccio Salernitano, Italian poet (b. 1410)