1440
For alternative meanings, see
number 1440.
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February 21 - The
Prussian Confederation is formed.
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October 22 -
Gilles de Rais confesses and is sentenced to death.
*
Itzcóatl,
Aztec ruler of
Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by
Moctezuma I, Moctezuma Ilhuicamina.
* End of term for
Regent of Sweden Karl Knutsson Bonde.
*
Murad II lays siege to
Belgrade. The city is heavily damaged, but the defenders' use of
artillery prevents the
Turks from capturing the city.
*
Eton College is founded by
Henry VI.
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January 22 -
Ivan III of Russia (d.
1505)
*
February 22 - King
Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (died
1457)
*
Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish colonial administrator (died
1531)
*
Kabir, Indian mystic (died
1518)
*
Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (died
1479)
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March 9 -
St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (born
1384)
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March 20 -
Sigismund I of Lithuania*
September 30 -
Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician
*
October 26 -
Gilles de Rais, French soldier (born
1404)
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November 13 -
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland*
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg (born
1371)
*
Itzcóatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
*
Johann Schiltberger, German traveller and writer (born
1381)
*
Giovanni Vitelleschi, Italian bishop and soldier
*
Henry Wardlaw, Scottish church leader
