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   Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1456 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) was born in the year 1456.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 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 in the year 1456.   

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

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