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* [[August 20]] – [[Vladislav II of Wallachia|Vladislav II]], reigning Prince of [[Wallachia]], is killed in hand-to-hand combat by [[Vlad the Impaler]], who succeeds him. |
* [[August 20]] – [[Vladislav II of Wallachia|Vladislav II]], reigning Prince of [[Wallachia]], is killed in hand-to-hand combat by [[Vlad the Impaler]], who succeeds him. |
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* [[October 17]] – The [[University of Greifswald]] is established, making it the second oldest university in [[Northern Europe]], also (for a period{{Clarify|date=September 2022|reason=How can a university be the oldest only for a time if it's still open. Did the borders change?}}) the oldest in [[Sweden]] and [[Prussia]]. |
* [[October 17]] – The [[University of Greifswald]] is established, making it the second oldest university in [[Northern Europe]], also (for a period{{Clarify|date=September 2022|reason=How can a university be the oldest only for a time if it's still open. Did the borders change?}}) the oldest in [[Sweden]] and [[Prussia]]. |
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* [[December 5]] – [[1456 Central Italy earthquakes|Two earthquakes]] in central Italy kills 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 |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]]}}</ref> |
* [[December 5]] – [[1456 Central Italy earthquakes|Two earthquakes]] in central Italy kills 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]]|s2cid=210975336 }}</ref> |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1456 MCDLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2209 |
| Armenian calendar | 905 ԹՎ ՋԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6206 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1377–1378 |
| Bengali calendar | 863 |
| Berber calendar | 2406 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Hen. 6 – 35 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2000 |
| Burmese calendar | 818 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6964–6965 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4153 or 3946 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4154 or 3947 |
| Coptic calendar | 1172–1173 |
| Discordian calendar | 2622 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1448–1449 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5216–5217 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1512–1513 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1377–1378 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4556–4557 |
| Holocene calendar | 11456 |
| Igbo calendar | 456–457 |
| Iranian calendar | 834–835 |
| Islamic calendar | 860–861 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōshō 2 (康正２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1371–1372 |
| Julian calendar | 1456 MCDLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3789 |
| Minguo calendar | 456 before ROC 民前456年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −12 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1998–1999 |
| 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
January–December
- May 18 – Second Battle of Oronichea (1456): Ottoman Forces of 15,000 are sent to capture Albania, but are met and swiftly defeated by Skanderbeg's smaller forces.
- June 9 – Halley's Comet makes an appearance, as noted by the humanist scholar Platina.
- July 7 – A retrial of Joan of Arc acquits her of heresy, 25 years after her execution.
- 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 (and hence is still rung).
- August 20 – Vladislav II, reigning Prince of Wallachia, is killed in hand-to-hand combat by Vlad the Impaler, who succeeds him.
- October 17 – The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in Northern Europe, also (for a period[clarification needed]) the oldest in Sweden and Prussia.
- December 5 – Two earthquakes in central Italy kills 12,000–70,000 people.[1]
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- Lazar Branković becomes despot of Serbia.
- Alvise Cadamosto discovers some of the Cape Verde Islands.
- Diogo Gomes reaches the Geba River in Guinea Bissau, and explores the Gambia River.
- Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia founds the city of Debre Berhan.
- Muscovy and the Novgorod Republic conclude the Treaty of Yazhelbitsy.
- Petru Aron becomes the first ruler of Moldavia to pay tribute to the Ottomans.
- The fifth Mersenne prime, 8191, was discovered.[2]
Births
- March – Jan Łaski, Polish nobleman (d. 1531)
- March 1 – Vladislaus II, king of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia (d. 1516)
- June 11 – Anne Neville, queen consort of Richard III of England (d. 1485)[3]
- June 23 – Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, consort of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)[4]
- June 25 – Henry V of Rosenberg, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1489)
- October 16 – Ludmila of Poděbrady, Regent of the duchies of Brzeg and Oława from 1488 (d. 1503)
- November 7 – Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine and hereditary princess of Bavaria-Landshut (d. 1501)
- November 8 – Queen Gonghye, Korean royal consort (d. 1474)
- date unknown
- 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
- January 17 – Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, French translator (b. 1395)
- August 11 – John Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and military leader (b. c. 1406)[5]
- August 20 – Vladislav II of Wallachia
- October 17 – Nicolas Grenon, French composer (b. 1375)
- October 23 – Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)
- November 3 – Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, father of King Henry VII of England (b. 1431)[6]
- November 9 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje (b. 1406)
- November 25 – Jacques Cœur, French merchant (b. 1395)
- December 4 – Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1401)
- December 24 – Đurađ Branković, Despot of Serbia (b. 1377)
- date unknown – Juan de Mena, Spanish poet (b. 1411)
References
- ^ 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. doi:10.1007/s00024-020-02426-y. S2CID 210975336.
- ^ "List of known Mersenne prime numbers - PrimeNet". www.mersenne.org. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Anne (2009). The Kings and Queens of Britain. OUP Oxford. p. 246. ISBN 9780191580284.
- ^ "Margaret of Denmark: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ Kenneth Meyer Setton (1976). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571. American Philosophical Society. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9.
- ^ 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.