Mar 9 St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) Sep 21 Frederick I van Hohenzollern, Monarch of Brandenburg (1417-40), dies at 68 Sep 30 Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician Oct 26 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged 1439 Deaths in History 1441