Historical Events In 1456

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 07   A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death in the year 1456.  

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

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

Aug 11   On this day in history janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49  

Aug 24   The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1456.  

Nov 03   In the year 1456 edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies  

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

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

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

Jun 11   Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of st Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)  

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 in the year 1456.  

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 in the year 1456.  

Nov 03   In the year 1456 edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies  

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