For alternative meanings, see number 1440.

Events

• Itzcóatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Moctezuma I, Moctezuma Ilhuicamina.
• End of term for Regent of Sweden Karl Knutsson Bonde.

Births

• January 22 - Ivan III, grand duke of Moscow (+ 1505)
• February 22 - Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary
• Johannes Martini, Franco-Flemish composer

Deaths

• Itzcóatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
• Giovanni Vitelleschi, condottiere and bishop of Recanati