al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder of the Moghul Dynasty (d. 1530) March 6 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and statesman (d. 1540) April 6 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520) April 19 – Paolo Giovio, Italian bishop (d. 1552) July 20 – Wang Gen, Chinese philosopher (d. 1541) September 3 – Eric II, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1508) October 16 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542) October 26 – Hans Buchner, German Renaissance composer (d. 1538) November 10 – Martin Luther, German monk and Protestant reformer (d. 1546) November 16 – Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse, German noble (d. 1522) December 3 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. 1565) date unknown Thomas Parr, Englishman, alleged oldest living man (d. 1635) Cacamatzin, Aztec ruler (d. 1520) Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (d. 1559) Chen Chun, Chinese painter (d. 1544) Felice della Rovere, also known as Madonna Felice, the illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (d. 1536) Deaths January 19 – William IV, Lord of Egmont, IJsselstein, Schoonderwoerd and Haastrecht and Stadtholder of Guelders (b. 1412) February 27 – William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1420) March 23 – Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1428) April 4 – Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405) April 9 – King Edward IV of England (b. 1442) April 24 – Margaret of Bourbon, French noble (b. 1438) May 4 – George Neville, Duke of Bedford (b. 1457) May 6 – Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (b. 1418) June 13 – William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (executed; b. 1431) June 25 Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (executed; b. 1442) Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (executed; b. 1458) July 4 – Costanzo I Sforza, Italian condottiero (b. 1447) August 30 – King Louis XI of France (b. 1423) November 2 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1454) December 1 – Charlotte of Savoy, French queen (b. 1441) date unknown Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (b. 1425) Elise Eskilsdotter, Norwegian noblewoman and pirate References