Sebastian Franck, German humanist (d. 1543) January 29 – Katharina von Bora, German nun, wife of Martin Luther (d. 1552) February 10 – Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist scholar and writer (d. 1582) March 22 – Johann Carion, German astrologer and chronicler (d. 1537) March 31 – Pope Pius IV (d. 1565) May 14 – Agostino Gallo, Italian agronomist (d. 1570) June 24 – Johannes Brenz, German theologian and Protestant Reformer of the Duchy of Württemberg (d. 1570) July 17 – Maria Salviati, Italian noble and mother of Cosimo I de Medici (d. 1543) August 14 – John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford, English noble (d. 1526) September 3 – Diane de Poitiers, French duchess, mistress of Henry II of France (d. 1566) October 13 – Claude of France, queen consort of France, daughter of Louis XII of France (d. 1524) October 14 – Catherine of the Palatinate, Abbess of Neuburg am Neckar (d. 1526) October 31 – Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg (1526–1552) (d. 1552) November 1 – Rodrigo of Aragon, Italian noble (d. 1512) December 8 – Sebald Heyden, German musicologist and theologian (d. 1561) December 13 – Justus Menius, German Lutheran pastor (d. 1558) date unknown Hans Asper, Swiss painter (d. 1571) Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (d. 1592) Cesare Hercolani, Italian military leader (d. 1534) Jan Łaski, Polish Protestant reformer (d. 1560) Laurentius Petri, Archbishop of Uppsala (d. 1573) Giulio Romano, Italian painter (d. 1546) Bernardino de Sahagún, Franciscan missionary (d. 1590) Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician (d. 1557) Ming, Icelandic clam (d. 2006) probable – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (d. 1543) Deaths January 9 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455) March 24 – Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (b. 1470) April 7 – Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442) August 29 – Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (b. 1427) October 1 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433) November 23 – Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. c. 1474) (executed) November 28 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the English House of York (b. 1475) date unknown Rennyo, leader of the Ikko sect of Buddhism (b. 1415) Muhammad Rumfa, ruler of Kano Laura Cereta, Italian humanist and feminist (b. 1469) References