silver ores are discovered, and the territory gains importance as a mining and metallurgical center. Nicolaus Copernicus enters the University of Kraków. Births January 30 – Francesco Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1512) March 25 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, French nobility (d. 1549) May 10 – Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (d. 1521) June 28 – Henry VIII of England (d. 1547) August 3 – Maria of Jülich-Berg, spouse of John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1543) August 10 – Queen Janggyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1515) August 25 – Innocenzo Cybo, Catholic cardinal (d. 1550) October 6 – Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol, French noble (d. 1545) c. October 23 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order (d. 1556) October 26 – Zhengde Emperor of China (d. 1521) November 8 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544) November 11 – Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer (d. 1551) December 13 – Martín de Azpilcueta, Spanish theologian and economist (d. 1586) December 31 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) date unknown Lapulapu, Filipino king (d. 1542) Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1546) Isabella Losa, Spanish scholar (d. 1564) probable George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptism (d. 1529) Antonio Pigafetta, Italian explorer (d. 1534) Deaths January 19 – Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (b. 1420) February 15 – Ashikaga Yoshimi, brother of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (b. 1439) February 19 – Enno I, Count of East Frisia (1466–1491) (b. 1460) March 6 – Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers March 31 – Bonaventura Tornielli, Italian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1411) May 14 – Filippo Strozzi the Elder, Italian banker (b. 1428) July 13 – Afonso, Prince of Portugal (b. 1475) July 16 – William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English earl (b. 1451) October 5 – Jean Balue, French cardinal and statesman (b. c. 1421) October 12 – Fritz Herlen, German artist (b. 1449) November 16 – Holy Child of La Guardia, Spanish folk saint (b. n/a) December 28 – Bertoldo di Giovanni, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435) date unknown – Anne of Orléans, Abbess of Fontevraud (b. 1464) date unknown – Musa ibn Abi al-Ghassan, knight of Granada probable February 9 (according to the Libro dei Morti) – Antonia di Paolo di Dono, Italian artist and daughter of Paolo di Dono References