Historical Events In 1456

Mar 01   Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) in the year 1456.   

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   Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies in the year 1456.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   In the year 1456 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)   

Aug 11   Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 in the year 1456.   

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

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   In the year 1456 birth of anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)   

Jun 23   On this day in history birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1456 death of st Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)   

May 01   On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

May 24   Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) died in the year 1456.   

Aug 11   On this day in history 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   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