Famous Deaths Happened 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 in the year 1440.  

Sep 30 Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician died on this day in history.  

Oct 26 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged died in the year 1440.  

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

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