Famous Deaths In 1440

Mar 09 St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) died on this day in history.

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 Bluebeard, pirate, executed died in the year 1440.

Jan 22 Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania was born on this day in history.

Feb 13 In the year 1440 birth of hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian

Feb 22 In the year 1440 birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia