1456
| Years: 1453 1454 1455 - 1456 - 1457 1458 1459 | |
| Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
- 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)
- June 11 - Anne Neville, later Queen consort of Richard III of England.
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,