Historical Events In 1456

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   On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

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   On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)   

Aug 11   On this day in history janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49   

Aug 24   The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed in the year 1456.   

Oct 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle   

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 in the year 1456.   

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   Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1456.   

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 on this day in history.   

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