- Feb 10 Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81
- Mar 27 Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and his successor, dies falling off her horse (b. 1457)
- May 15 Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician and mapmaker, dies
- Jul 16 John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies
Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482)
Aug 25 Queen consort of England by marriage to King Henry VI, dies at 52
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