Historical Events for Year 1456
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Months in Year 1456: March April June July August October December
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 Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
Dec 5th - Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
