Famous Deaths Happened In 1440

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

Sep 21 On this day in history frederik I van Hohenzollern, ruler Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68  

Sep 30 Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician died in the year 1440.  

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 in the year 1440.  

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