Charles VIII (1470-1498)
Apr 7 King of France (1483-98) who invaded Italy, dies after hitting his head on a door lintel at 27
- Apr 28 Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician, dies at 40
- May 23 Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Dominican friar who helped expel Medici from Florence, becoming the city's de facto ruler (1494-98), and preached against papal corruption, hanged at 45
- Jul 4 Philip of Burgundy-Beveren, Lord of Beveren and military officer in the Netherlands, dies at about 48
- Jul 27 Vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77
- Sep 16 Tomas de Torquemada, Castilian Grand Inquisitor during Spanish Inquisition, who burned 10,000 people, dies at 77
- Dec 7 Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide