Events

• August 22 - Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Richard dies in battle and Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England.
• First appearance of the sweating sickness in England.

Births

• 16 December - Catherine of Aragon, later first Queen-consort of King Henry VIII of England.
• Thomas Cromwell, English statesman (approximately).
• Hernán Cortés, conqueror of Mexico

Marriages

Deaths

• March 16 - Anne Neville, Queen consort of Richard III of England.
• 22 August - King Richard III of England.

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