1496 deaths

Queen of Castile

King of Naples

thumb|Anonymous Venice|Venetian painting depicting the reception of Venetian ambassadors in [[Damascus. The wall in the background is decorated with Qaitbay's blazon.]] Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (; 1416/14187 August 1496) ruled the Mamluk Sultanate from 1468 to 1496 (872 – 901 AH in the Islamic calendar).

Count of Angoulême from 1467 to 1496

Archduke of Austria

Italian noble

Italian Renaissance painter (1450-1496)

Portuguese explorer

Italian Renaissance humanist

Duke of Württemberg

Italian painter (1441-1496)

Count of Clermont-en-Auvergne and Montpensier and Dauphin d'Auvergne

15th-century ethnic Armenian physician and writer.

Caonabo (died 1496) was a Taíno cacique (chieftain) of Hispaniola at the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival to the island. Was known for his fighting skills and his ferocity. He was married to Anacaona, who was the sister of another cacique named Bohechío.

Duke of Oświęcim and Karniów

Italian noble, third son of Ludovico III Gonzaga and Barbara of Brandenburg

Proeminent figure during the Ōnin war

Spanish artist and architect of French origin (1430–1496)

Italian painter (1458-1496)

father of Christopher Columbus (1418–1496)

Countess of Hohenzollern

Italian statesman

Italian condottiero

right|thumb|The nine menceyatos before the Spanish conquest of Tenerife. Bentor ( 1463 – February 1495), sometimes also called Ventor, Bentore, Benytomo, or Bentorey, was the last mencey or king of Taoro from November 1494 until his suicide in February 1495. A native Guanche prince in the Canary Islands during the second half of the 15th century, Bentor was the eldest grandson (in some sources, son) of Bencomo, the penultimate mencey (or king) of Taoro. Taoro was one of nine menceyatos, or kingdoms, on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands before the Spanish conquest of the island

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Czech prince and nobleman

German humanist

Italian noble woman

emir of the Jabrid Emirate

Italian physician and monk

heir apparent and co-ruler of the Principality of Moldavia

Norwegian noble (1420-1496)