Born in 1440

Ivan III of Russia

Grand Prince of Moscow from 1462 to 1505

January 22 · 1440–1505

Ladislaus the Posthumous

Duke of Austria, and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (r. 1440–57)

February 22 · 1440–1457

Hartmann Schedel

German historian, cartographer, physician and humanist

February 13 · 1440–1514

Henry III of Upper Hesse

October 15 · 1440–1483