Famous Deaths Mar 12 Dionysius the Carthusian [Denis Ryckel], Flemish scholastic theologist, dies at 69 Mar 14 Thomas Malory, English writer (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 Mar 22 George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies 1470 History by Year 1472 What Happened in 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury May 4, 1471