Feb 9 Ali-Shir Nava'i, Timurid poet and writer (Mahbub ul-Qulub) considered a founder of early Turkic literature, born in Herat, Timurid Empire (d. 1501) Mar 24 Ernst I, Elector of Saxony (1464-86), born in Meissen (d. 1486) 1440 Birthdays in History by Year 1442