Historical Events In 1456
Saturday, 05 July 2025
Mar 01 On this day in history wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)
Mar 30 Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege on this day in history.
Apr 07 In the year 1456 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 on this day in history.
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 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) on this day in history.
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 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) 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 in the year 1456.
Dec 05 Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die on this day in history.