{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1440

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania  

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia  

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 in the year 1440.  

Sep 30 In the year 1440 death of reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician  

Oct 26 In the year 1440 death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged  

Dec 22 Bluebeard, pirate, executed died in the year 1440.