1456
| Years: 1453 1454 1455 – 1456 – 1457 1458 1459 | |
| Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s – 1450s – 1460s 1470s 1480s | |
| Centuries: 14th century – 15th century – 16th century | |
Events
- July 7 – Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed).
- July 21 – July 22. Battle of Belgrade. The Hungarians under John Hunyadi rout the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II
- August 20 – Vladislav II, reigning Prince of Wallachia is killed in battle by Vlad III Dracula who succeeds him.
- Lazar Brankovic 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 temporarily the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
- Luigi de Cadamosto discovers the Cape Verde islands.
Births
- June 11 – Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England
Deaths
- August 11 – John Hunyadi, Transylvanian statesman and general
- Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1401)
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,
- Jewish 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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