Historical Events In 1456

Mar 01   On this day in history wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)  

Mar 30   Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege in the year 1456.  

Apr 07   In the year 1456 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 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) in the year 1456.  

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   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   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.  

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   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 in the year 1456.  

Jul 28   Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) was born in the year 1456.  

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   Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) died on this day in history.  

Aug 11   In the year 1456 janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49  

Oct 23   In the year 1456 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)  

Nov 03   Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies on this day in history.  

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