1456

1456 (MCDLVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1456th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 456th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1450s decade. As of the start of 1456, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1420s  1430s  1440s  – 1450s –  1460s  1470s  1480s
Years:	1453 1454 1455 – 1456 – 1457 1458 1459

Births

• June 11 – Anne Neville, wife of King Richard III of England
• June 23 - Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)

1456 Media

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  July 22: Christian soldiers in the Siege of Belgrade rout the Ottoman Muslim army