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• March 27 – Ivan III of Russia becomes the ruler of Russia, following the death of his father, Vasili.{{cite book|author=John Stevens Cabot Abbott|title=The Empire of Russia: Its Rise and Present Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5XNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA167|year=1882|publisher=Dodd, Mead|pages=167}}
• June 17 – The Night Attack: Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
• June 30 – Battle of Seckenheim: Frederick I, Elector Palatine is victorious over four other opponents.{{cite book|author=Hans Delbrück|title=History of the Art of War Within the Framework of Political History: The Germans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTbcAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-8371-8163-9|page=595}}
• July 22 – The first siege of Chilia by Stephen the Great fails, and he is seriously wounded.
• September 17 – Thirteen Years' War – Battle of Świecino (Battle of Żarnowiec): The Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order.{{cite book|author=Beata Możejko|title=Peter von Danzig: The Story of a Great Caravel, 1462-1475|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEOxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55|date=16 September 2019|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-40844-9|pages=55}}
• September – Siege of Mytilene: Mehmed II captures the town of Mytilene, thus conquering the island of Lesbos.
• December – After Radu III the Fair takes over the throne in Wallachia, Vlad III Dracula seeks help in Transylvannia, where he is captured by Mathias Corvinus, and imprisoned for the next 12 years, over false charges of treason.

• The Jews are expelled from Mainz, Germany.
• Portugal begins to settle the Cape Verde Islands, with slaves from the coast of Guinea.

• War of the Roses – Battle of Piltown: The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians, in the Lordship of Ireland.

• January 2 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (d. 1522){{cite book|author=Dennis Geronimus|title=Piero Di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jNTjKdel20C&pg=PA12|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-10911-3|pages=12}}
• January 8 – Walraven II van Brederode, Dutch noble (d. 1531)
• February 1 – Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (d. 1516)
• February 21 – Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)
• May 19 – Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (d. 1543)
• May 31 – Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1489–1503) (d. 1504)
• June 27 – Louis XII of France, King of France (1498–1515), King of Naples (1501–1504) (d. 1515){{cite book|author=Philippe de Commynes|title=The Memoirs of Philippe de Commines, Lord of Argenton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsI-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA97|year=1856|publisher=Henry G. Bohn|pages=97}}
• July 21 – Queen Jeonghyeon, Korean royal consort (d. 1530)
• September 8 – Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501){{cite ODNB|first=Alan H.|last=Nelson|title=Medwall, Henry (b. 1462, d. after 1501)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18504|accessdate=2015-07-27|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18504}}
• September 16 – Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (d. 1525)
• September 26 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I (d. 1506)
• November 26 – Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz (1489–1514) (d. 1514)
• date unknown
• Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (d. 1535)
• probable – Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (d. 1510)

• February 23 – Thomas Tuddenham, English landowner (b. 1401)
• February 26 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (b. 1408){{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc|title=The New Encyclopaedia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ugaAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-633-2|page=29}}
• February 27 – Władysław II of Płock, Polish noble (b. 1448)
• March 27 – Vasily II of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
• March 31 – Isidore II of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
• April 26 – William Percy, medieval Bishop of Carlisle (b. 1428)
• April 28 – Oldřich II of Rosenberg, Bohemian nobleman (b. 1403)
• August 26 – Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
• September 17 – Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse, German royalty (b. 1420)
• November 11 – Anne of Cyprus, Italian noble (b. 1418)
• November 13 – Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, consort of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1432)
• November 25 – John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English baron (b. 1400)
• date unknown
• King Esen Buqa II of Moghulistan
• Niccolò Gattilusio, last Prince of Lesbos
• Dài Jìn, Chinese painter (b. 1388)

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