Events

• May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. Sten Sture the Elder becomes Regent of Sweden.

• October - A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward's former ally, the Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law Charles the Bold of Burgundy. Warwick releases Henry VI from the Tower and restores him to the throne on October 30.
• King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the city of Arzila in North Africa.
• First contact between Europeans and the Fante nation of the Gold Coast when a party of Portuguese landed and met with the King of Elmina. (See also History of Ghana.)
• Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book in the same year.

Births

• April 7 - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498)
• May 20 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (died 1547)
• June 30 - Charles VIII of France (died 1498)
• July 30 - Hongzhi Emperor of China (died 1505)
• November 4 - King Edward V of England, one of the princes in the Tower
• Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (died 1534)
• Juan Díaz de Solís, Spanish navigator and explorer (died 1516)
• Matthias Grünewald, German painter (died 1528)
• Hayuya, Taino chief
• Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr (died 1555)
• Wen Zhengming, Chinese painter (died 1559)

Deaths

• May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden
• December 16 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1425)
• Jacopo Bellini, Italian painter
• Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (born 1413)
• Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancemaster (born 1390)
• Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman (born 1416)

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