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Deaths in History in 1500

  • Apr 11 Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns

Person of interestBartolomeu Dias

May 29 Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer (1st European to round Cape of Good Hope), drowns at 48 or 49

Portuguese Explorer Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese Explorer
Bartolomeu Dias
  • Sep 12 Albrecht III van Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon, dies at 57
  • Sep 15 John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Oct 1 John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
  • Oct 21 Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd Emperor of Japan, dies at 58

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