Juan de Mena (died
1456), Spanish poet appointed veinticuatro (one of twenty-four aldermen) of Córdoba, secretario de cartas latinas (secretary of Latin letters) and cronista real (royal chronicler)
Jami (died
1492), Persian scholar, mystic, writer, composer of numerous lyrics and idylls, historian, and
Sufi poet
Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling: Narasingh Mehta, born about this year (died
1481),
Indian,
Gujarati-language Hindu poet-saint notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Hindu devotional religious poetry; acclaimed as Adi Kavi (Sanskrit for "first among poets") of Gujarat, where he is especially revered
Deaths
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