Historical Events In 1456

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

Mar 30   On this day in history prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege   

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

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 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   Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II in the year 1456.   

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

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

Aug 24   In the year 1456 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) on this day in history.   

Nov 03   Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies on this day in history.   

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

Dec 05   Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die in the year 1456.   

Mar 01   Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) was born in the year 1456.   

Jun 11   Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) was born in the year 1456.   

Jun 23   On this day in history birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

Jul 28   Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) died in the year 1456.   

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 in the year 1456.   

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