1440

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

Decades: 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s

Years: 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 - 1440 - 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445


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[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)


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