Historical Events In 1456

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

Mar 30   In the year 1456 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 28   Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies  

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

Dec 05   Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die in the year 1456.  

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

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

Nov 03   On this day in history edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies  

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