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  • Feb 21 The Prussian Confederation is formed
  • Apr 9 Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark (1440-48)
  • Sep 13 Notorious serial killer Gilles de Rais is finally arrested upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes

Born in 1440

Ivan the Great (1440-1505)

Jan 22 Grand Prince of Moscow and Russia (1462-1505) who conquered Lithuania, born in Moscow, Russia

Ivan the Great
  • Feb 13 Hartmann Schedel, German physician, humanist and historian, compiled "The Nuremburg Chronicle", born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1514)
  • Feb 22 Ladislaus V ("the Posthumus"), Árpád dynasty and King of Bohemia (1453-57), King of Hungary and Croatia (1440-44), and Duke of Austria (1440-57), born in Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1457)

Died in 1440

  • Mar 9 St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)
  • Sep 21 Frederick I van Hohenzollern, Monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68
  • Sep 30 Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician
  • Oct 26 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged

Notable Weddings in 1440

Charles the Bold

May 19 Future Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold weds Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais

Charles the Bold



Medieval Popes

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