| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s
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| Years: | 1453 1454 1455 - 1456 - 1457 1458 1459 |
| 1456 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1456 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1456[]
- July 7 - A retrial acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
- July 21 - July 22. Battle of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade). The Hungarians under John Hunyadi rout the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II. The noon bell ordered by Pope Callixtus III commemorates the victory throughout the Christian world. (Hence the noon bell is still rung to this day.)
- August 20 - Vladislav II, reigning Prince of Wallachia is killed in battle by Vlad III Dracula who succeeds him.
- Lazar Branković becomes king of Serbia.
- The university of Greifswald, later Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
- Luigi de Cadamosto discovers the Cape Verde islands.
- Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia founds the city of Debre Berhan
- Muscovy and Novgorod Republic conclude the Treaty of Yazhelbitsy.
| Gregorian calendar | 1456 MCDLVI
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| Ab urbe condita | 2209 |
| Armenian calendar | 905 ԹՎ ՋԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -388 – -387 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2000 |
| Coptic calendar | 1172 – 1173 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1448 – 1449 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5216 – 5217 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1511 – 1512 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1378 – 1379 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4557 – 4558 |
| Holocene calendar | 11456 |
| Iranian calendar | 834 – 835 |
| Islamic calendar | 860 – 861 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōshō
2
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2116 (皇紀2116年) |
| Julian calendar | 1501 |
| Korean calendar | 3789 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1999 |
Births[]
- March - Jan Łaski, Polish nobleman (died 1531)
- March 1 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1516)
- June 11 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (died 1485)
- June 23 - Margaret of Denmark, queen of James III of Scotland (died 1486)
- date unknown - Jan Lubrański, Polish bishop (died 1520)
Deaths[]
- May 24 - Ambroise de Loré, French military leader (b. 1396)
- August 11 - John Hunyadi, Transylvanian statesman and general (born 1387)
- October 17 - Nicolas Grenon, French composer
- October 23 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (born 1386)
- November 1 - Edmund Tudor, father of King Henry VII of England
- November 9 - Ulrich II of Celje (born 1406)
- November 25 - Jacques Cœur, French merchant
- December 4 - Charles I (born 1401)
- date unknown
- Juan de Mena, Spanish poet (born 1411)
1456 Year Equivalents[]
- Hindu Calendar, (March 14, 1399 - March 13, 1400) 1
- Hindu Calendar, (March 21/22, 1529 - March 20/21, 1530)2
- Islamic calendar,
- Hebrew calendar,
- 1:Calculated from AD 78, beginning of the Saka era.
- 2:Calculated from 58 BC, beginning of the Vikrama era.
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People of the year 1456 at Familypedia
15 people were born in 1456
10 children were born to the 8 women born in 1456
17 people died in 1456
986 people lived in 1456
Events of the year 1456 at Familypedia
8 people were married in 1456.
| Joined with | |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth of Nevers (c1439-1483) | Johann von Kleve (1419-1481) |
| William Sinclair (c1407-c1480) | Elizabeth Douglas (-c1451) + Marjory Sutherland (-bef1480) |
| Christian Stapleton (c1423-) | Robert Cressett (-1490)+Robert Burton (-aft1478) |
| Charlotte de Lusignan (1444-1487) | John of Portugal (c1432-1457) + Louis de Savoie (1436-1482) |
| Marjory Sutherland (-bef1480) | William Sinclair (c1407-c1480) |
| Alain IX de Rohan (c1381-1462) | Marguerite de Bretagne (1392-1428) + Marie de Vaudémont (c1430-1455) + Péronelle de Maillé |
| Melchior von Daun-Falkenstein (1451-1517) | Margaretha von Virneburg (1453-1521) |
| Johann II. von Nassau-Saarbrücken (1423-1472) | Johanna von Loen zu Heinsberg (1443-1469)+Elisabeth von Württemberg-Urach (1447-1505) |
There were 0 military battles in 1456.