1518 and 1524; d. 1542) Deaths January 12 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459) Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) February 6 – Lorenz von Bibra, Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg (b. 1459) March 29 – Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (b. 1466) April 15 – Henry, Count of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1473–1482) (b. 1448) April 18 – Sibylle of Bavaria, Electress Palatine consort (b. 1489) May 2 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and artist (b. 1452) May 4 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) May 13 – Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician (b. 1475) June 2 – Philippe de Luxembourg, French Catholic cardinal (b. 1445) June 24 – Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (b. 1480) July 13 – Zhu Youyuan, Ming dynasty politician (b. 1476) July 27 – Zanobi Acciaioli, librarian of the Vatican (b. 1461) August 11 – Johann Tetzel, German opponent of the Reformation (b. 1465) August 23 – Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot (b. c. 1465) September – John Colet, English churchman and educator (b. 1467) date unknown William Grocyn, English scholar (b. 1446) Ambrosius Holbein, German painter (b. 1494) References