1507) Kim Si-seup, Korean scholar and author (d. 1493) Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1497) Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (d. 1504) probable Johannes Tinctoris, Flemish music theorist and composer (approximate date; d. 1511) Andrea del Verrocchio, Florentine sculptor (approximate date; d. 1488) Deaths January 31 – Xuande Emperor of China (b. 1399) February 2 – Queen Joanna II of Naples (b. 1371) March 27 – Spytek z Tarnowa i Jarosławia, Polish nobleman June 12 – John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408) September 9 – Sir Robert Harling, English knight under the Duke of Bedford September 14 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b. 1389) September 24 – Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of Charles VI of France September 27 – Savvatiy, Russian monastery founder October 9 – Paweł Włodkowic, Polish scholar (b. 1370) October 13 – Hermann II of Celje, Ban of Croatia December 30 – Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (b. 1362) See also Standard and most common railway gauge in millimetres operated by about 61% of the world railways. References