deaths
November 25, 1456
Jacques Cœur, French merchant and banker (born 1395)

Jacques Cœur
Jacques Cœur was a French government official and state-sponsored merchant whose personal fortune became legendary and led to his eventual disgrace. He initiated regular trade routes between France and the Levant. His memory retains iconic status in Bourges, where he built a palatial house that is preserved to this day.