Famous Personalities Born In 1440

Jan 22 In the year 1440 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.  

Mar 09 In the year 1440 death of st Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)  

Sep 21 Frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68 in the year 1440.  

Sep 30 In the year 1440 death of reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician  

Oct 26 On this day in history death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged  

Dec 22 On this day in history death of bluebeard, pirate, executed