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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)

Births

• June 11 - Anne Neville, later Queen consort of Richard III of England.

Deaths

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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 AD78, beginning of the Saka era.

²:Calculated from 58BC, beginning of the Vikrama era.

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