What is 1440?
{{Year nav|1440}} {{Year in various calendars|1440}} {{Year article header|1440}} == Events == * February 21 &ndash; The [[Prussian Confederation]] is formed. * September &ndash; [[Gilles de Rais]], an early known serial killer, is arrested and taking into custody on orders from the [[Bishop of Nantes]]. == Births == * [[January 22]] – [[Ivan III of Russia]] (d. [[1505]]) * [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Henry of York (born 1440)|Henry of York]], elder brother of [[Edward IV of England]] and [[Richard III of England]] (died [[1441]]) * [[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 == * [[September 30]] – [[Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn]] (born c.[[1362]]) * [[October 26]] – [[Gilles de Rais]], Marshal of France (born [[1405]]) [[Category:1440| ]]