Events

• January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated by the Swiss, and this time is killed.
• Swedish University of Uppsala founded.
• November 18 - William Caxton produces "Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres", the first English book printed on a printing press.

Births

• January 25 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (d. 1514)
• Il Sodoma, Italian painter
• Lambert Simnel, Pretender to the throne of England (estimated date)
• Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat (approximate date)

Deaths

• January 5 - Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy