Events from the year 1440 in France
Incumbents
- Monarch – Charles VII
Events
- 2 July – Richard, Duke of York is appointed as commander of English forces in France for the second time
- 31 August – The siege of Tartas begins as part of the Hundred Years War
- 22 October – Gilles de Rais is executed in Nantes
- Unknown – The Praguerie rebellion breaks out against the rule of Charles VII
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