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   On this day in history 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   Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1456 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   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   In the year 1456 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies  

May 24   On this day in history 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   Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle in the year 1456.