Historical Events In 1456

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

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

Jun 09   23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet in the year 1456.  

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 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   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 in the year 1456.  

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

Dec 05   In the year 1456 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 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   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 23   On this day in history death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)  

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

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