Historical Events In 1456

Mar 01   On this day in history wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)   

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   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1456 the printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.   

Oct 17   In the year 1456 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 in the year 1456.   

Nov 25   In the year 1456 jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle   

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

Mar 01   In the year 1456 birth of wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)   

Jun 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1456 death of st Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)   

May 01   On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

May 24   On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

Aug 11   Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 on this day in history.   

Oct 23   In the year 1456 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

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.