Carpi, Italian painter (d. 1556) Dawit II of Ethiopia (d. 1540) Bauck Poppema, Dutch noble and heroine Anne Boleyn, second queen of Henry VIII of England (b. this year or 1507; d. 1536) Murakami Yoshikiyo, Japanese nobleman (d. 1573) probable Nicholas Heath, archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (d. 1578) Garcia de Orta, Portuguese physician (d. 1568) Hilaire Penet, French composer Deaths January–June January 3 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, Central Asian poet, politician and writer (b. 1441) January 5 – John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, English baron and Lord High Treasurer (b. 1433) January 25 – Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, Princess of Bavaria-Landshut (b. 1456) February 1 – Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, German noble (b. 1439) March 4 – Thihathura II of Ava (b. 1474) April – John Doget, English diplomat April 7 – Minkhaung II, king of Ava (b. 1446) April 23 – Domenico della Rovere, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1442) May 3 – John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English baron (b. 1463) May 7 – Giovanni Battista Zeno, Italian Catholic cardinal May 20 – Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican tertiary Religious Sister and blessed (b. 1467) June 8 – George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1440) June 17 – John I Albert of Poland (b. 1459) July–December August 15 – Constantine Lascaris, Greek scholar and grammarian September 20 Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (b. 1457) September 26 – Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (b. 1461) September 29 – Andrew Stewart, Scottish bishop (b. 1442) November 19 – Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut (b. 1436) probable – Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (b. 1450) References