Historical Events In 1456

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

Mar 30   In the year 1456 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   On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

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   Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 17   In the year 1456 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   In the year 1456 edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies   

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

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

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

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

Jun 23   On this day in history birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

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

Jan 08   St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) died in the year 1456.   

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

May 24   In the year 1456 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

Aug 11   In the year 1456 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   In the year 1456 jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle