Historical Events In 1456

Mar 01   In the year 1456 wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)   

Mar 30   In the year 1456 prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege   

Apr 07   Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik in the year 1456.   

May 01   Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies in the year 1456.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) in the year 1456.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 11   In the year 1456 birth of anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)   

Jun 23   Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486) was born in the year 1456.   

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