1440s facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s – 1440s – 1450s 1460s 1470s |
| Years: | 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446 1447 1448 1449 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- The Coptic Church of Ethiopia contacts the Roman Catholic Church for the first time.
- The empire of the Maya breaks up into many little kingdoms.
- The Ottoman Empire starts to become weak.
- The Korean alphabet, the Hangul, is invented.
Births
- King Ivan III of Russia
- King Edward IV of England
- Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England
- Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter
- Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia, king in the Solomonid dynasty.
Deaths
- Itzcóatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
- Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter
- Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
See also
In Spanish: Años 1440 para niños
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