1475
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January 10—
Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the
Ottoman Empire at the
Battle of Vaslui.
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August 29—
Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
* First book printed in
English, by
William Caxton in
Bruges.
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Landshuter hochzeit took place.
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February 25—
Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (died
1499)
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March 6—
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (died
1564)
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September 18—
Cesare Borgia, of
France,
Duke of Valentinois and
Romagna, Prince of
Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of
Piombino,
Camerino and
Urbino,
Gonfalonier and Captain-General of
Holy Church (d.
March 12,
1507)
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December 11—
Pope Leo X (died
1521)
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December 24—
Thomas Murner, German satirist
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Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (died
1538)
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Valerius Anshelm, Swiss chronicler
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Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (died
1526)
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; died
1519)
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Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of
Pope Alexander VI (died
1507)
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Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (approximate date; died
1554)
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Margaret Drummond, mistress of
James IV of Scotland (approximate date; died
1502)
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Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright (died
1538)
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Khair ad Din, Ottoman-Turkish admiral and privateer (approximate date; died
1546)
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Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama (died
1541)
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Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer (approximate date; died
1520)
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Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; died
1541)
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Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (died
1554)
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John Stokesley, English prelate (approximate date; died
1539)
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Philippe Verdelot, French composer (died
1552)
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Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, English statesman (approximate date; died
1530)
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March 10 -
Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (born
1430)
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Radu cel Frumos, Greek scholar
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Theodorus Gaza, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century (born c.
1400)
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Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow*
Masuccio Salernitano, Italian poet (born
1410)
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Simon of Trent, Italian saint, subject of a
blood libel*
Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (born
1397)
