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Elizabeth Woodville died at Bermondsey Abbey, on 8 June 1492.
The Italian composer and organist, Francesco de Layolle, was born in Florence.
King James IV of Scotland formed an alliance with France in 1492.
The explorer thinks he has reached East Asia after landing on a Caribbean island called San Salvador.