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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1501 January 3 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani] Turkish poet/author, dies at age 59. [1] March 20 Jean Carondelet lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at age 72. [1] May 22 Robert Gaguin French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at age 66. [1] 1502 January 1 Gregorius XIII [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies. [1] February 1 Olivier de la Marche Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies. [1] April 2 Arthur English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragón, dies. [1] April 15 Jan IV Chalon prince of Orange, dies. [1] December 23 Margaretha English princess of Burgundy, dies at age 57. [1] 1503 February 4 Queen Elizabeth consort of Henry VII of England, dies. [1] February 11 Elizabeth of York Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday. [1] February 15 Henry Deane Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies. [1] August 18 Death of Pope Alexander VI, born Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia. [66.8] 1504 April 18 Filippino Lippi painter, dies at about age 52. [1] May 5 Anton of Burgundy the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about age 82. [1] May 31 Engelbert II earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies. [1] 1505 February 4 Joan of Valois Queen of France/saint, dies at age 40. [1] December 18 John IX van Horne prince-bishop of Lieges, executed. [1] 1506 May 20 Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty in Spain at age 55. [1] [5] (May 6 [66.11]) 1507 March 12 Cesare Borgia cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at age 31. [1] 1508 February 4 Death of Conradus Celtis, poet, in Vienna, Austria. [37] May 27 Ludovico Sforza [il Moro] Italian duke of Milan, dies at age 55. [1] 1509 April 21 Henry VII first Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at age 52. [1] May 20 Catharina Sforza Italian duchess of Forli, dies at age 45. [1] 1510 March 1 Francisco d'Almeida viceroy of India, dies in battle at about age 59. [1] March 25 Georges d'amboise French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at age 49. [1] May 17 Sandro Botticelli [Alessandro di Mariano del Filpepi] painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about age 65. [1] May 25 Georges d'Amboise French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at age 49. [1] 1512 February 22 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at age 61. [1] [5] April 3 Richard Pafraet Dutch printer, dies. [1] April 11 Gaston de Foix French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle. [1] May 26 Bajezid II Governor of Amasja/8th Sultan of Turkey, dies. [1] 1513 February 8 Alonso de Ojeda Spanish explorer (Curaçao and Bonaire), dies. [1] February 21 Julius II [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Roman Catholic Pope (1503-13), dies at age 69. [1] December 25 Johannes Amerbach Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about age 70. [1] 1514 January 9 Anna de Bretagne wife of Maximilian, dies at age 36. [1] December 4 Richard Hunne English "heretic", commits suicide(?). [1] 1515 January 1 Louis XII Father of People, "the Justified" King of France (1498-1515), dies at age 52. [1] December 1 Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba [el Gran Capitán] Spanish general, dies at age 62. [1] December 2 Gonzalo de Córdoba Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies. [1] December 15 Alfonso de Albuquerque viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies. [1] 1516 January 23 Ferdinand II king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at age 63. [1] March 13 Vladislav II Jagiello king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at age 60. [1] March 17 Giuliano de' Medici monarch of Florence, dies at age 37. [1] 1517 January 1 Hermann Vischer the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies. [1] April 13 Tuman Bey last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged. [1] 1519 January 12 Death of Maximilian I in Wels, Austria; Archduke of Austria, German king, Holy Roman Emperor. [1] [37] May 2 Leonardo Da Vinci artist/scientist, dies at age 67. [1] 1520 April 6 Raphael [Sanzio] artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday. [1] September 22 Selim I captured Baghdad, dies at age 53. [1] 1521 April 27 Ferdinand Magellan world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at age 50. [1] May 28 Willem van Croij duke of Soria, dies at about age 62. [1] December 1 Leo X [Giovanni de' Medici] Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at age 45. [1] December 13 Manoel I "the Great" King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at age 52. [1] 1523 May 7 Franz von Sickingen German knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at age 42. [1] 1524 January 5 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich Croatian poet, dies at age 73. [1] April 7 Philip of Burgundy bishop of Utrecht, dies. [1] May 21 Thomas Howard second duke of Norfolk general/premier, dies at about age 80. [1] December 10 Henry van Zutphen Dutch Augustine/Lutheran minister, burned to death. [1] December 24 Vasco da Gama Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin India, dies at about age 55. [1] 1525 April 3 Giovanni Rucellai Italian poet (Le Api), dies at age 49. [1] May 5 Frederik III the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at age 62. [1] May 27 Thomas Münzer German vicar/boer leader, executed. [1] December 30 Jacob Fugger German banker/merchant, dies at age 66. [1] 1526 August 4 Juan Sebastián Cano Spanish explorer, dies. [1] 1527 May 6 Karel van Bourbon military governor (Lombardije), dies at age 37. [1] 1528 January 28 Philips of Cleve ruler of Ravenstein, dies. [1] February 14 Edzard I the Great count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at age 66. [1] April 6 Albrecht Dürer German painter/graphic artist, dies in Nürnberg Germany at age 56. [1] 1529 January 7 Peter Vischer the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies. [1] April 19 John Cuspinianus [Spiessheimer] German physician, dies at about age 55. [1] 1530 April 18 François Lambert d'Avignon French church reformer, dies at about age 43. [1] April 24 Jacopo Sannazaro Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies. [1] November 29 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey adviser to England's King Henry VIII, dies. [1] December 1 Margaretha of Austria governess of the Netherlands, dies at age 51. [1] December 25 Babur emperor of Delhi, dies. [1] December 26 Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at age 47. [1] 1531 January 22 Andrea del Sarto Italian artist, dies at age 43. [1] April 5 Richard Roose boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop. [1] 1533 April 10 Frederik I King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at age 61. [1] August 29 Atahualpa last Incan King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors. [1] December 3 Vasili III great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at age 54. [1] 1534 April 20 Elizabeth Barton [Nun of Kent] British prophet, is executed. [1] May 28 Dirk Martens Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about age 83. [1] 1535 February 18 Agrippa von Nettesheim German royal astrologer, dies at age 48. [1] Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim physician/theologian, dies. [1] March 1 Bernardo Accolti [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia), dies. [1] April 29 John Houghton English, executed. [1] July 6 Sir Thomas More executed in England for treason. [1] 1536 January 6 Baldassare Peruzzi Italian architect/painter, dies. [1] January 7 Catherine of Aragon first wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies. [1] February 3 García de Resende Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies. [1] March 16 Ibrahim Pasha grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about age 45. [1] May 17 Anne Boleyn's four "lovers" executed. [1] 1537 January 7 Alessandro de' Medici Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated. [1] January 12 Lorenzo di Credi Italian painter, dies. [1] April 8 Willem Aerts Flemish architect, dies. [1] October 24 Jane Seymour third wife of Henry VIII, dies. [1] 1538 February 12 Albrecht Altdorfer German painter, dies at about age 57. [1] February 16 Everhard/Erardus van de Mark prince-bishop of Liege, dies at age 65. [1] February 26 Worp van Thabor Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies. [1] March 21 Hugo earl of Leisnig, Governor of Frisia, dies at about age 79. [1] 1540 January 27 Angela Merici Italian monk/monastery, dies. [1] May 6 Jean Luis Vives Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at age 48. [1] May 22 Francesco Guicciardini Italian historian/President of Romagna, dies at age 57. [1] July 28 Thomas Cromwell King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed. [1] 1541 January 6 Bernard van Orley Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about age 52. [1] December 24 Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt radical Lutheran, dies at about age 61. [1] 1542 February 1 Hieronymus Aleander [Girólamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat, dies at age 61. [1] May 21 Hernando de Soto dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi River. [1] December 14 James king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at age 30. [1] December 28 Albert Pigge [Pighius] Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about age 52. [1] 1543 January 3 Juan Cabrillo conqueror of Central America, discoverer of California, dies. [1] February 11 Ahmed Gran sultan of Adal, dies in battle. [1] May 24 Nicolas Copernicus astronomer, dies in Poland. [1] 1544 May 29 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson] Belgian inquisitor, dies at about age 68. [1] 1545 February 19 Pierre Brully [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death. [1] 1546 February 18 Martin Luther biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at age 62. [1] March 10 Thomas Elyot English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at age 46. [1] March 26 Thomas Elyot British diplomat, dies. [1] March 29 Cardinal Beaton English archbishop of Saint Andrews, murdered. [1] 1547 January 24 Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, executed for treason. [1] January 25 Lieven Algoet Flemish humanist, dies. [1] January 28 Henry VIII King of England (1509-47), dies at age 55. [1] March 30 François I of Valois-Angoulême King of France (1515-47), dies at age 52. [1] 1548 January 23 Bernardo Pisano composer, dies at age 57. [1] April 1 Sigismund I the Elder, King of Poland, dies at age 81. [1] December 24 Maximilian of Egmond Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies. [1] 1549 January 19 Barthout van Assendelft first land advocate of Holland, dies. [1] January 28 Elia Levita German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about age 80. [1] May 27 Lijsbeth Dirksdr Fries antabaptist, drowns. [1]