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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: 1440 births, 1440 deaths, 1440 disestablishments, 1440 establishments, 1440 in Europe, Conflicts in 1440, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, Prussian Confederation, Hartmann Schedel, Ivan III of Russia, Laurens Janszoon Coster, Kabir, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Gilles de Rais, Mohnyin Thado, Henry de Lichton, Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali, Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Rui de Pina, Johann Schiltberger, Itzcoatl, Sten Sture the Elder, Garde du Corps, Giovanni Vitelleschi, Cennino Cennini, Lucrezia Landriani, John de Winchester, Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards, Frances of Rome, Cuacuauhtzin, Vrouwe- en Antonie Gasthuys, Molla, Albertus Pictor, Sigismund K stutaitis, Francesco Berlinghieri, Alain I of Albret, Abraham Saba, Leonhard of Gorizia, William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, Irene Gattilusio, John Juyn, Mariota, Countess of Ross, Walter mac Thomas de Burca, List of state leaders in 1440, Battle of Anghiari, Andrew of Rhodes, Edward Brampton, Praguerie, Giovanni Dalmata, Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov, Alexander Lauder, William Atwater, Henry Wardlaw, Lorenzo the Elder, David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose, John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny, Domhnall MacNeachdainn, Johannes Legrant, Enrico Scarampi, Jacques d'Arc, Hullshire, Galeotto Manfredi, Mauro Codussi, Saint Margaret of Fontana, Bernardo Tesauro, Leone Sforza, Filippo di Matteo Torelli, Veit Arnpeck, Ludwig Schongauer, Tomas Og de Burca, Eberhard II von der Mark, Berneval, Goto Yujo, Raimondo Epifanio, Peter II, Count of Saint-Pol. Excerpt: Gilles de Montmorency-Laval, baron de Rais (1404-1440) was a Breton knight, a leader in the French army and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known as a prolific serial killer of children. There is significant controversy over his guilt; ...