1440 - 1449
Decade
Please choose a (your) birth year
Birthdays of famous people
Decade 1440 - 1449
66 Margaret Beaufort
Noblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII
*May 31st, 1443, Bedfordshire †June 29th, 1509, Westminster
64 Sandro Botticelli
Italian painter (1445-1510)
*March 1st, 1445, Florence †January 1st, 1510, Florence
69 Julius II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513
*December 5th, 1443, Albisola Superiore †February 21st, 1513, RomeHieronymus Bosch
Dutch painter (c. 1450 – 1516)
*November 30th, 1449, 's-Hertogenbosch †July 31st, 1516, 's-Hertogenbosch
59 Ali-Shir Nava'i
Turkic poet and politician (1441–1501)
*February 9th, 1441, Herat †January 3rd, 1501, HeratIvan III of Moscow
Grand Prince of Moscow (1440–1505)
*January 22nd, 1440, Moscow †October 27th, 1505, MoscowEdward IV of England
King from 1461 to 1470 and 1471 to 1483
*April 28th, 1442, Rouen †April 9th, 1483, WestminsterDomenico Ghirlandaio
Italian Renaissance painter from Florence (1448-1494)
*June 2nd, 1448, Florence †January 11th, 1494, FlorenceBayezid II
The eighth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1481–1512)
*December 3rd, 1447, Didymoteicho †May 26th, 1512, IstanbulJohn Cabot
Italian navigator and explorer (c. 1450 – c. 1499)
*November 30th, 1449, Gaeta †November 30th, 1497, North Atlantic OceanMatthias Corvinus
King of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Austria (1443-1490)
*February 24th, 1443, Cluj-Napoca †April 6th, 1490, ViennaLorenzo de' Medici
Italian politician and humanist
*January 1st, 1449, Florence †April 8th, 1492, Careggi
32 Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Duke of Milan (1444-1477)
*January 24th, 1444, Fermo †December 26th, 1476, Milan
39 Chenghua Emperor
9th Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1447-1487)
*December 9th, 1447, Beijing †September 9th, 1487, Beijing
28 George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
Third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English Kings Edward IV and Richard III (1449-1478)
*October 21st, 1449, Dublin Castle †February 18th, 1478, Tower of London
56 Galeotto I Pico
15th-century Italian soldier and nobleman
*August 3rd, 1442, Mirandola †April 7th, 1499, Mirandola.png "Victor, Duke of Münsterberg")
57 Victor, Duke of Münsterberg
Czech prince, warrior and nobleman, duke of Münsterberg
*May 29th, 1443, Poděbrady †August 30th, 1500, Český Těšín
43 Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua
Marquess of Mantue
*June 25th, 1441, Mantua †July 14th, 1484, Mantua.jpg "Pietro Riario")
50 Philip I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
German noble
*September 20th, 1449, Windecken †August 26th, 1500, Hanau
50 Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg
Duke of Württemberg
*December 11th, 1445, Bad Urach †February 24th, 1496, Tübingen
57 Margaret of York
Sister of Edward IV of England, consort of Charles, Duke of Burgundy (1446-1503)
*May 3rd, 1446, Fotheringhay Castle †November 23rd, 1503, Mechelen
54 Bona of Savoy
Duchess of Milan
*August 10th, 1449, Avigliana Castle †November 23rd, 1503, Fossano
60 Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria
*December 15th, 1447, Munich †March 18th, 1508, Munich.jpg "Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry")
25 Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry
Son of Charles VII, King of France
*December 26th, 1446, Tours †May 24th, 1472, Bordeaux
42 Charlotte of Savoy
French queen (1441-1483)
*November 11th, 1441, Chambéry †December 1st, 1483, Amboise
57 Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg
Duke of Württemberg
*February 1st, 1447, Waiblingen †February 17th, 1504, Burg Lichtenfels
Ladislaus the Posthumous
King of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia, Duke of Austria
*February 22nd, 1440, Komárno †November 23rd, 1457, Prague
Rodolphus Agricola
15th century Dutch humanist
*August 28th, 1443, Baflo †October 27th, 1485, HeidelbergCharlotte, Queen of Cyprus
Queen Regnant of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia
*November 30th, 1442, Nicosia †July 16th, 1487, RomeRodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz
Leonese noble
*January 1st, 1443, Arcos de la Frontera †August 28th, 1492, SevilleElisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony
Princess of Bavaria-Munich by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony
*February 2nd, 1443, Munich †March 5th, 1484, Leipzig