Historical Events In 1456

Mar 01   Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 07   A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death in the year 1456.   

Jul 22   In the year 1456 battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II   

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

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   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   Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies in the year 1456.   

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

Dec 05   Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) was born on this day in history.   

Jun 11   Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49   

Oct 23   Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) died in the year 1456.   

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

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