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Centuries
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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
, later
Queen consort
of
Richard III of England
.
Deaths
August 11
-
John Hunyadi
,
Transylvanian
statesman and general
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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