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   In the year 1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet  

Jul 07   A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death in the year 1456.  

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

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

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   On this day in history earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 11   Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 in the year 1456.  

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

Nov 03   Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies in the year 1456.  

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