1440
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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 | |
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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 founded 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 - 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)
- 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
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