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The Prussian Confederation is formed (Feb 21), Christopher of Bavaria is elected King of Denmark (Apr 9), the French serial killer Gilles de Rais - once a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc - is hanged in Nantes (Oct 26), Eton College is founded - and all these fine people were born:
1440-xxxx Sten Sture the Elder* statesman/regent of Sweden - Sweden (1503/c. 63) 1440-0122 Ivan III of Russia* known as “Ivan the Great” and the “gatherer of the Russian lands” - Moscow, GD of Moscow (1505/65) 1440-0213 Hartmann Schedel* physician/historian/one of the first cartographers to use the printing press invented in 1447 - Nuremberg, Germany (1514/74) 1441 Individual post 1442-0428 King Edward IV of England*- Rouen, Normandy (1483/40) 1442-0703 Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado* 後土御門天皇 - Japan (1500/58) 1443-0629 Anthony Browne* knight - Parish, Surrey, England (1506/63) 1443-0909 Muhammad Jaunpuri* - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (1505/61) 1443-1205 Pope Julius II* (b Giuliano della Rovere) chose his papal name in emulation of Julius Caesar - Albisola, Republic of Genoa (1513/69) 1444-xxxx Donato Bramante* Italian architect (St. Peter’s Basilica)/painter - Fermignano, Duchy of Urbino (1514/c. 90) 1444-0124 Galeazzo Maria Sforza* Duke of Milan - Fermo, Italy (1476/32) 1444-0628 Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus* - Nicosia, Cyprus (1487/43) 1444-0 1444-0 1444-0 1445-xxxx Sandro Botticelli* painter - Florence, Republic of Florence (1510/c.64) 1445-xxxx Francisco Martín Pinzón* navigator/sailed with Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492, as co-captain of the Pinta - Palos de la Frontera, Spain (c.1502/c.57) 1445-0316 Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg* priest/popular preacher - Germany (1510/64) 1446-0418 Ippolita Maria Sforza* Italian noble woman - Cremona (1484/38) 1447-0204 Lodovico Lazzarelli* poet/philosopher/magician - San Severino Marche, Papal States (1500/53) 1448-0602 Domenico Ghirlandaio* painter/one of his workshop apprentices was Michaelangelo - Florence, Republic of Florence (1494/45) 1448-1104 Alfonso II of Naples* Italian king - Naples, Kingdom of Naples (1495/47) 1449 Individual post Updated 2025-0426 Helsinki Search for another year here