Historical Events In December - 31

0192  On this day in history lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 31.   

0335  On this day in history st. Silvester, Pope   

0406  80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz on this day in history.   

0406  On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

0535  Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year on this day in history.   

0765  On December - 31 coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China   

0870  On this day in history england's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire   

0870  On this day in history skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army   

1229  On December - 31 james I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian conquest of the island of Majorca.   

1378  On this day in history callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on December - 31.   

1424  On December - 31 thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader   

1492  100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily on December - 31.   

1502  On December - 31 cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) on December - 31.   

1540  On December - 31 silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1564  Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion on this day in history.   

1583  On December - 31 thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies   

1600  British East India Company chartered on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam   

1616  On this day in history jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31   

1621  Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

1660  James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France on this day in history.   

1668  On this day in history hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

1669  France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty on December - 31.   

1670  France & England sign Boyne-treaty on December - 31.   

1673  On this day in history oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on December - 31.   

1687  On December - 31 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on December - 31.   

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.   

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.   

0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

0406  On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.   

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on this day in history.   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on December - 31.   

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  On this day in history death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)