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

Jul 07   On this day in history 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   Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 in the year 1456.  

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

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

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 in the year 1456.  

Jun 23   In the year 1456 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   St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) died on this day in history.  

May 01   In the year 1456 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   Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle on this day in history.