Historical Events In 1456

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

Mar 30   Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege.   

Apr 07   Louis van Burbon is recorded as becoming prince-bishop of Luik   

May 01   Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

Jun 09   23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.   

Jul 07   A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death   

Jul 22   Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II.   

Jul 28   Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)   

Aug 11   Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49   

Aug 24   The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.   

Oct 17   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   Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies   

Nov 25   Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle   

Dec 05   Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35000 die   

Mar 01   In the year 1456 birth of wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)   

Jun 11   On this day in history birth of anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) died on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

May 24   Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) died on this day in history.   

Aug 11   In the year 1456 janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49   

Oct 23   In the year 1456 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

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

Nov 25   In the year 1456 jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle