- Jan 24 Conrad Paumann, German blind organist and composer, dies
- May 8 John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
- Oct 10 Giorgio da Sebenico, Venetian sculptor and architect (Cathedral of St James in Šibenik)
- Oct 16 Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies
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