Historical Events In 1456
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Mar 01 Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) in the year 1456.
Mar 30 Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege on this day in history.
Apr 07 Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik on this day in history.
May 01 In the year 1456 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies
Jun 09 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet in the year 1456.
Jul 07 A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death on this day in history.
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) in the year 1456.
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 in the year 1456.
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) on this day in history.
Nov 03 Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies in the year 1456.
Nov 25 In the year 1456 jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
Dec 05 In the year 1456 earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die