1440
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For alternative meanings, see number 1440.
Years: 1437 1438 1439 - 1440 - 1441 1442 1443 |
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Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s |
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Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
1440 by topic |
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Arts and science |
Architecture - Art |
Politics |
State leaders - Sovereign states |
Birth and death categories |
Births - Deaths |
Establishments and disestablishments categories |
Establishments - Disestablishments |
Gregorian calendar | 1440 MCDXL |
Ab urbe condita | 2193 |
Armenian calendar | 889 ԹՎ ՊՁԹ |
Chinese calendar | 4076/4136-11-27 (己未年十一月廿七日) — to —
4077/4137-12-8(庚申年十二月初八日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1432 – 1433 |
Hebrew calendar | 5200 – 5201 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1495 – 1496 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1362 – 1363 |
- Kali Yuga | 4541 – 4542 |
Iranian calendar | 818 – 819 |
Islamic calendar | 844 – 845 |
Japanese calendar | Eikyō 12 (永享12年) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2100 (皇紀2100年) |
- Jōmon Era | 11440 |
Thai solar calendar | 1983 |
[edit] Events
- 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.
- 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.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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