1440

From Free net encyclopedia

For alternative meanings, see number 1440.

Years: 1437 1438 1439 - 1440 - 1441 1442 1443

Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• February 21 - The Prussian Confederation is formed.
• 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 foudned by Henry VI.

Births

• 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)

Deaths

• March 9 - St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (born 1384)
• March 20 - Sigismond Korybut, Grand Prince of Lithuania
• September 30 - Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician
• October 26 - Gilles de Rais, French soldier (born 1404)
• 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 leaderaf:1440

ast:1440 be:1440 bg:1440 bs:1440 ca:1440 cv:1440 cs:1440 cy:1440 da:1440 de:1440 et:1440 el:1440 es:1440 eo:1440 eu:1440 fr:1440 ko:1440년 hr:1440 io:1440 it:1440 he:1440 lb:1440 hu:1440 mk:1440 nl:1440 no:1440 nn:1440 os:1440 pl:1440 pt:1440 ro:1440 ru:1440 sk:1440 sl:1440 sr:1440 fi:1440 sv:1440 tt:1440 tr:1440 uk:1440 zh:1440年