Famous Deaths In 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 on this day in history.

Sep 30 On this day in history death of reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician

Oct 26 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged died on this day in history.

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

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 In the year 1440 birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia