de Lautrec, French military leader (d. 1528) Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg, ruler of Neuchatel (d. 1543) Giovanni da Verrazzano, Italian explorer (approximate date; d. c. 1528) probable Hugh Aston, English composer (d. 1558) Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (d. 1540) Clément Janequin, French chanson composer Sayyida al Hurra, Moroccan pirate queen Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (d. 1547) John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, English royal minister (d. 1555) Deaths January 20 – Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (b. 1434) February 28 – Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) March 16 – Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) August 7 – Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince (b. c. 1454) August 15 – Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1419) August 22 (killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field): King Richard III of England (b. 1452) John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430) James Harrington, Yorkist knight Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III John Babington, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests Robert Brackenbury, English nobleman, courtier and supporter of Richard III Walter Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, supporter of Richard III William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (b. 1456) August 25 – William Catesby, supporter of Richard III (executed) (b. 1450) October 17 – John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports October 27 – Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar (b. 1443) November 4 – Françoise d'Amboise, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1427) Date unknown – Kristina Königsmarck, Swedish noblewoman. References