Famous Personalities Born In 1440

Jan 22 Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania was born in the year 1440.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 09 St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) died in the year 1440.  

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 In the year 1440 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed