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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 ^[1]

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)^[2]
date unknown - Diebold Schilling the Elder, chronicler

References

↑ Malory, Sir Thomas (1976). Caxton, William (ed.). Le morte d'Arthur : printed by William Caxton, 1485. London : Scholar Press in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library. Retrieved 7 April 2018– via Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
↑ "Rodolphus Agricola - Dutch humanist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

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[1] Malory, Sir Thomas (1976). Caxton, William (ed.). Le morte d'Arthur : printed by William Caxton, 1485. London : Scholar Press in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library. Retrieved 7 April 2018– via Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[2] "Rodolphus Agricola - Dutch humanist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

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