- Jan 6 Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde (1465-1481)
Mehmed the Conqueror (1432-1481)
May 3 Ottoman Sultan (1444-45 and 1451-81) who conquered Constantinople, dies possibly from poison at 49
May 3 Ottoman Sultan (1444-45 and 1451-81) who conquered Constantinople, dies possibly from poison at 49