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July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor

October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. This event would lead to a unified Spain in 1516.

Sigismund of Austria sells upper-Elsass (Alsace) to the Charles the Bold in exchange of aid in a war against the Swiss

Uzun Hassan wins in Persia and defeats Abu Said

Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence

Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.

James III of Scotland acquires Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark

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May 3 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (died 1527)

May 31 - King Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521)

August 26 - King Ferdinand II of Naples (died 1496)

October 20 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism (died 1539)

John III of Navarre (died 1516)

Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (died 1540)

Elia Levita, Yiddish writer (died 1549)

Silvio Passerini, Italian politician (died 1529)

Vasco da Gama, Explorer (died 1524)

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December 2 - Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (born 1416)

May 30 - Lope de Barrientos —a powerful bishop in Castile (born 1389)

Niccolò Da Conti, Italian merchant and explorer (born 1395)

Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray

Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan

Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (born 1412)

Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (born 1424)