Historical Events In 1456

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 25   In the year 1456 jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle   

Dec 05   On this day in history earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die   

Mar 01   In the year 1456 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   On this day in history birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

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

Jan 08   St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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