Mar 3 Ausiàs March, Catalan poet of Valencian literature, dies at 59 May 2 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies Oct 18 Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies Oct 30 Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist, who rediscovered lost classical texts, dies at 79 Dec 4 Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401) 1458 Famous Deaths by Year 1460 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning