Events
- William Grocyn becomes prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral.
Works
- Leon Battista Alberti - De Re Aedificatoria (first printed book on architecture)
- Joseph Albo - Sefer ha-Ikkarim (posthumously published)
- Sir Thomas Malory - Le Morte d'Arthur
Births
- October 1 - Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and bishop (died 1548)
- probable - Hanibal Lucić, Croatian poet and playwright (died 1553)
Deaths
- October 27 - Rodolphus Agricola, humanist writer (born 1443)
- date unknown - Diebold Schilling the Elder, chronicler