Today in History for Year 1456
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Months in Year 1456: January March April May June July August October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 8 of 8
Mar 30th - Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege
Apr 7th - Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik
Jun 9th - 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Jul 7th - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death
Jul 22nd - Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II
Aug 24th - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
Oct 17th - The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern continental Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
Dec 5th - Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 4 of 4
Mar 1st - Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)
Jun 11th - Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)
Jun 23rd - Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)
Jul 28th - Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 7 of 7
Jan 8th - St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)
May 1st - Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies
May 24th - Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
Aug 11th - Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49
Oct 23rd - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)
Nov 3rd - Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies
Nov 25th - Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
