Historical Events In 1456

Mar 01   Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) on this day in history.  

Mar 30   Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1456.  

Jun 09   23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.  

Jul 07   In the year 1456 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 in the year 1456.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) was born on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 25   On this day in history jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle