Famous Deaths Happened In 1440

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

Sep 21 In the year 1440 frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68  

Sep 30 On this day in history 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  

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