Famous Deaths In 1440

Mar 09 On this day in history death of st Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)  

Sep 21 Frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Sep 30 Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician died in the year 1440.  

Oct 26 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged died in the year 1440.  

Dec 22 Bluebeard, pirate, executed died on this day in history.  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania  

Feb 13 Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born in the year 1440.  

Feb 22 Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia was born in the year 1440.