Protestant priest and martyr (d. 1533) George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat (d. 1536) Susannah Hornebolt, English artist (d. c. 1554) Lakandula, Lakan of Tondo (d. 1589) Shimazu Katsuhisa, Japanese nobleman (d. 1573) Tomé de Sousa, Portuguese nobleman, first general-governor of Brazil (d.1573 or 1579) probable – Nicholas Bourbon, French poet Deaths January 20 – Ludmila of Poděbrady, Regent of the duchies of Brzeg and Oława (1488–1503) (b. 1456) February 11 – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (b. 1466) March 16 – Edward Story, Bishop of Carlisle and Chichester March 14 – Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (b. 1468) April 4 – Annamacharya, Indian mystic saint composer (b. 1408) April 7 – Sophia Palaiologina, Byzantine princess and Grand Princess of Moscow (b. 1449) May 20 – Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Italian patron of the arts (b. 1463) June 2 – Clara Gonzaga, Italian noble (b. 1464) June 24 – Reginald Bray, British courtier (b. 1440) July 3 – Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (b. 1423) July 12 – Sophie of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Saxony (b. 1481) July 24 – Louise of Savoy, Nun (b. 1461) August 12 – Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania, Polish princess (b. 1476) August 18 – Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431) September 5 – Margaret of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noblewoman (b. 1471) October 10 – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1438) October 18 – Pope Pius III (b. c. 1439) November 23 Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy (b. 1449) Margaret of York, Duchess consort of Burgundy, spouse of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446) December 1 – George, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1455) December 14 – Sten Sture the Elder, regent of Sweden (1470–1497 and 1501–1503) (b. 1440) December 28 – Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, exiled ruler of Florence (drowned) (b. 1472) date unknown Richard Amerike, English merchant and patron of John Cabot (b. 1445) Anacaona, Taino queen and poet (b. 1474) References