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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1456''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
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Year '''1456''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[May 18]] &ndash; Second [[Battle of Oronichea (1456)]]: [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces of 15,000 go to capture [[League of Lezhë|Albania]] but are met and swiftly defeated by [[Skanderbeg]]'s smaller force.
* [[May 18]] &ndash; Second [[Battle of Oronichea (1456)]]: [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Forces of 15,000 are sent to capture [[League of Lezhë|Albania]], but are met and swiftly defeated by [[Skanderbeg]]'s smaller forces.
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Halley's Comet]] makes an appearance, as noted by the humanist scholar [[Bartolomeo Platina|Platina]].
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Halley's Comet]] makes an appearance, as noted by the humanist scholar [[Bartolomeo Platina|Platina]].
* [[July 7]] &ndash; A [[retrial of Joan of Arc]] acquits her of heresy 25 years after her execution.
* [[July 7]] &ndash; A [[retrial of Joan of Arc]] acquits her of heresy, 25 years after her execution.
* [[July 21]]&ndash;[[July 22]] &ndash; [[Siege of Belgrade (1456)|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 (and hence is still rung).
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Siege of Belgrade (1456)|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 (and hence is still rung).
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Vladislav II]], reigning Prince of [[Wallachia]], is killed in hand to hand combat by [[Vlad the Impaler]], who succeeds him.
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Vladislav II of Wallachia|Vladislav II]], reigning Prince of [[Wallachia]], is killed in hand-to-hand combat by [[Vlad the Impaler]], who succeeds him.
* [[October 17]] &ndash; 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]].
* [[October 17]] &ndash; The [[University of Greifswald]] is established, making it the second oldest university in [[Northern Europe]]. Due to border changes, from 1648 to 1815 it was the oldest in [[Sweden]], and from 1815 to 1945 the oldest in [[Prussia]].
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[1456 Central Italy earthquakes|Two earthquakes]] in central Italy kill 12,000–70,000 people.<ref name="Nunziata">{{cite journal |author1=C. Nunziata |author2=M. R. Costanzo |title=Ground Shaking Scenario at the Historical Center of Napoli (Southern Italy) for the 1456 and 1688 Earthquakes |journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics |date=2020 |volume=177 |issue=7 |pages=3175–3190 |doi=10.1007/s00024-020-02426-y |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-020-02426-y |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]]|bibcode=2020PApGe.177.3175N |s2cid=210975336 }}</ref>


=== Date unknown ===
=== Date unknown ===
* [[Lazar Branković]] becomes despot of [[Serbian Despotate|Serbia]].
* [[Lazar Branković]] becomes despot of [[Serbian Despotate|Serbia]].
* [[Alvise Cadamosto]] discovers some of the [[Cape Verde]] Islands.
* [[Alvise Cadamosto]] discovers some of the [[Cape Verde]] Islands.
* [[Diogo Gomes]] reaches the [[Geba River]] in Guinea Bissau and explores the [[Gambia River]].
* [[Diogo Gomes]] reaches the [[Geba River]] in Guinea Bissau, and explores the [[Gambia River]].
* Emperor [[Zara Yaqob]] of [[Ethiopian Empire |Ethiopia]] founds the city of [[Debre Berhan]].
* Emperor [[Zara Yaqob]] of [[Ethiopian Empire |Ethiopia]] founds the city of [[Debre Berhan]].
* [[Muscovy]] and [[Novgorod Republic]] conclude the [[Treaty of Yazhelbitsy]].
* [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]] and the [[Novgorod Republic]] conclude the [[Treaty of Yazhelbitsy]].
* [[Petru Aron]] becomes the first ruler of [[Moldavia]] to pay tribute to the Ottomans.
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* The fifth [[Mersenne prime]], 8191, was discovered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of known Mersenne prime numbers - PrimeNet |url=https://www.mersenne.org/primes/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.mersenne.org}}</ref>

== Births ==
== Births ==
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Jan Łaski (1456–1531)|Jan Łaski]], Polish nobleman (d. [[1531]])
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Jan Łaski (1456–1531)|Jan Łaski]], Polish nobleman (d. [[1531]])
* [[March 1]] &ndash; King [[Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary]] (d. [[1516]])
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Vladislaus II of Hungary|Vladislaus II]], king of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia (d. [[1516]])
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Anne Neville]], queen of [[Richard III of England]] (d. [[1485]])
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Anne Neville]], queen consort of [[Richard III of England]] (d. [[1485]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cannon |first1=John |last2=Hargreaves |first2=Anne |title=The Kings and Queens of Britain |date=2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=9780191580284 |page=246 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&pg=PA246|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland|Margaret of Denmark]], queen of [[James III of Scotland]] (d. [[1486]])
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland]], consort of [[James III of Scotland]] (d. [[1486]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret of Denmark: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/m/margaretofdenmark.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Henry V of Rosenberg]], Bohemian nobleman (d. [[1489]])
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Henry V of Rosenberg]], Bohemian nobleman (d. [[1489]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Ludmila of Poděbrady]], Regent of the duchies of Brzeg and Oława (1488–1503) (d. [[1503]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Ludmila of Poděbrady]], Regent of the duchies of Brzeg and Oława from 1488 (d. [[1503]])
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine]], Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth (d. [[1501]])
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine]] and hereditary princess of Bavaria-Landshut (d. [[1501]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Queen Gonghye]], Korean royal consort (d. [[1474]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Queen Gonghye]], Korean royal consort (d. [[1474]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Jan Lubrański]], Polish bishop (d. [[1520]])
* ''date unknown''
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Jeanne Hachette]], French heroine
**[[Jeanne Hachette]] (Laisné), French peasant heroine
** [[Antonia di Paolo di Dono]], Italian artist and daughter of [[Paolo di Dono]] (d. [[1491]])
**[[Jan Lubrański]], Polish bishop (d. [[1520]])


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont]], French translator (b. [[1395]])
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont]], French translator (b. [[1395]])
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[John Hunyadi]], Hungarian statesman and military leader (b. c. [[1406]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kenneth Meyer Setton|title=The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Sz2VYI0l1IC&pg=PA183|year=1976|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-127-9|pages=183}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[John Hunyadi]], Transylvanian statesman, Regent-Governor (1446–1453) of the Kingdom of Hungary. (b. [[1387]])
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Vladislav II of Wallachia]].
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Vladislav II of Wallachia]]
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Grenon]], French composer (b. [[1375]])
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Grenon]], French composer (b. [[1375]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Giovanni da Capistrano]], Italian saint (b. [[1386]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Giovanni da Capistrano]], Italian saint (b. [[1386]])
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond]], father of King [[Henry VII of England]] (b. [[1431]])
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond]], father of King [[Henry VII of England]] (b. [[1431]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green|author2=Ralph Alan Griffiths|author3=Raymond Howell|author4=Tony Hopkins|title=The Gwent County History: The age of the Marcher Lords, c.1070-1536|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXVnAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-2072-3|page=265}}</ref>
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Ulrich II, Count of Celje]] (b. [[1406]])
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Ulrich II, Count of Celje]] (b. [[1406]])
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cœur]], French merchant (b. [[1395]])
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cœur]], French merchant (b. [[1395]])

Latest revision as of 12:14, 26 August 2024

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1456 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1456
MCDLVI
Ab urbe condita2209
Armenian calendar905
ԹՎ ՋԵ
Assyrian calendar6206
Balinese saka calendar1377–1378
Bengali calendar863
Berber calendar2406
English Regnal year34 Hen. 6 – 35 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar2000
Burmese calendar818
Byzantine calendar6964–6965
Chinese calendar乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
4153 or 3946
    — to —
丙子年 (Fire Rat)
4154 or 3947
Coptic calendar1172–1173
Discordian calendar2622
Ethiopian calendar1448–1449
Hebrew calendar5216–5217
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1512–1513
 - Shaka Samvat1377–1378
 - Kali Yuga4556–4557
Holocene calendar11456
Igbo calendar456–457
Iranian calendar834–835
Islamic calendar860–861
Japanese calendarKōshō 2
(康正2年)
Javanese calendar1371–1372
Julian calendar1456
MCDLVI
Korean calendar3789
Minguo calendar456 before ROC
民前456年
Nanakshahi calendar−12
Thai solar calendar1998–1999
Tibetan calendar阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
1582 or 1201 or 429
    — to —
阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
1583 or 1202 or 430

Year 1456 (MCDLVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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January–December

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Date unknown

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ C. Nunziata; M. R. Costanzo (2020). "Ground Shaking Scenario at the Historical Center of Napoli (Southern Italy) for the 1456 and 1688 Earthquakes". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 177 (7). Springer Science+Business Media: 3175–3190. Bibcode:2020PApGe.177.3175N. doi:10.1007/s00024-020-02426-y. S2CID 210975336.
  2. ^ "List of known Mersenne prime numbers - PrimeNet". www.mersenne.org. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  3. ^ Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Anne (2009). The Kings and Queens of Britain. OUP Oxford. p. 246. ISBN 9780191580284.
  4. ^ "Margaret of Denmark: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  5. ^ Kenneth Meyer Setton (1976). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571. American Philosophical Society. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9.
  6. ^ Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green; Ralph Alan Griffiths; Raymond Howell; Tony Hopkins (2004). The Gwent County History: The age of the Marcher Lords, c.1070-1536. University of Wales Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7083-2072-3.