Historical Events In 1456

Mar 01   Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) in the year 1456.  

Mar 30   On this day in history prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege  

Apr 07   On this day in history louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik  

May 01   Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 09   23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet in the year 1456.  

Jul 07   A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death on this day in history.  

Jul 22   In the year 1456 battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II  

Jul 28   On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)  

Aug 11   On this day in history janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49  

Aug 24   On this day in history the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.  

Oct 17   On this day in history the University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)  

Nov 03   On this day in history edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies  

Nov 25   Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle in the year 1456.  

Dec 05   In the year 1456 earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die  

Mar 01   Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 11   Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) was born in the year 1456.  

Jun 23   Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 28   Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) was born in the year 1456.  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of st Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)  

May 01   Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies in the year 1456.  

May 24   On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)  

Aug 11   On this day in history janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49  

Oct 23   Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) died on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 25   Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle in the year 1456.