1440
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s
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| Years: | 1437 1438 1439 - 1440 - 1441 1442 1443 |
- Also see: number 1440.
Year 1440 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1440
- February 21 - The Prussian Confederation is formed.
- September 13 - Gilles de Rais is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.
- October 22 - Gilles de Rais confesses and is sentenced to death.
[edit] Undated
- 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.
- Sir Richard Molyneux appointed constable of Liverpool Castle.
| Gregorian calendar | 1440 MCDXL
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| Ab urbe condita | 2193 |
| Armenian calendar | 889 ԹՎ ՊՁԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -404 – -403 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1984 |
| Coptic calendar | 1156 – 1157 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1432 – 1433 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5200 – 5201 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1495 – 1496 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1362 – 1363 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4541 – 4542 |
| Holocene calendar | 11440 |
| Iranian calendar | 818 – 819 |
| Islamic calendar | 843 – 844 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyō
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2100 (皇紀2100年) |
| Julian calendar | 1485 |
| Korean calendar | 3773 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1983 |
[edit] Births
- January 22 - Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
- February 22 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1457)
- date unknown - Kabir, Indian mystic (died 1518)
- probable
- Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish colonial administrator (died 1531)
- Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (died 1479)
[edit] Deaths
- March 9 - St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (born 1384)
- March 20 - Sigismund I of Lithuania
- April 1 (or April 2) Giovanni Vitelleschi, Italian bishop and soldier
- April 6 - Henry Wardlaw, Scottish church leader
- September 20 - Frederick I (born 1371)
- September 30 - Reginald Grey, English soldier and politician
- October 26 - Gilles de Rais, French soldier (born 1404)
- November 13 - Joan Beaufort
- date unknown
- Itzcóatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
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[edit] People of the year 1440 at Familypedia
5 people were born in 1440
0 children were born to the 0 women born in 1440
2 people died in 1440
157 people lived in 1440
[edit] Events of the year 1440 at Familypedia
7 people were married in 1440.
There were 0 military battles in 1440.
