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   Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik in the year 1456.   

May 01   In the year 1456 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 22   Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II on this day in history.   

Jul 28   In the year 1456 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)   

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

Aug 24   In the year 1456 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) on this day in history.   

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   Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die on this day in history.   

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

Jun 11   In the year 1456 birth of anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)   

Jun 23   In the year 1456 birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

Jul 28   In the year 1456 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   On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

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 in the year 1456.   

Nov 25   Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle on this day in history.