the throne of England (d. c. 1534) Il Sodoma, Italian painter (d. 1549) Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat (d. 1539) Deaths January 2 Franzone, Italian assassin (executed) Gerolamo Olgiati, Italian assassin (executed) Carlo Visconti, Italian assassin (executed) January 5 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (in battle) (b. 1433) January 6 – Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme January 15 – Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, consort of Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg (b. 1449) June 27 – Adolf, Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen (1465–1471) (b. 1438) August 4 – Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours August 11 – Latino Orsini, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1411) December 19 – Maria of Mangup, Princess-consort of Moldavia date unknown – Charlotte de Brézé, French countess (b. 1446) References