Apr 26 Simonetta Vespucci, Italian noblewoman & inspiration of Botticelli, dies at 23 Jun 8 George Neville, English archbishop and statesman Jul 6 Regiomontanus [Johannes Müller von Königsberg], German mathematician and astronomer, prepares astronomic tables, dies at 40 Aug 4 Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded Sep 8 John II, French duke of Alencon (fought alongside Jeanne d'arc), dies in prison at 67 Vlad the Impaler (1431-1476) Dec 14 Wallachian prince, killed in battle at 45 Dec 26 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered 1475 Famous Deaths by Year 1477 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
Vlad the Impaler (1431-1476)
Vlad the Impaler (1431-1476) 
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Gunshot Wound
Murder
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Suicide