Feb 4 Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar and manuscript thief, dies at 49 Ludovico Sforza May 27 Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza Jul 31 Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494) Aug 16 Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, German viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 Oct 13 Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446) Dec 10 René II, Duke of Lorraine, dies at 57 1507 Famous Deaths by Year 1509