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 - A retrial acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
July 21 - July 22. Battle of 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. (Hence the noon bell is still rung to this day.)
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 for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
Luigi de Cadamosto discovers the Cape Verde islands.
Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia founds the city of Debre Berhan
Muscovy and Novgorod Republic conclude the Treaty of Yazhelbitsy.

¹:Calculated from AD 78, beginning of the Saka era.

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

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