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Historical Events Happened In December - 31
Thursday, 24 July 2014
0192 Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history. Share it »
0335 On this day in history st Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope Share it »
0335 St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history. Share it »
0406 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz on this day in history. Share it »
0406 On this day in history godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle Share it »
0439 Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history. Share it »
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. Share it »
0765 On this day in history coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China Share it »
0870 England's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire on this day in history. Share it »
0870 Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history. Share it »
1229 James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian conquest of the island of Majorca on this day in history. Share it »
1378 On this day in history callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) Share it »
1382 On this day in history daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan Share it »
1384 John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1424 Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history. Share it »
1492 On this day in history 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily Share it »
1502 On this day in history cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino Share it »
1514 On this day in history andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) Share it »
1540 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) on this day in history. Share it »
1564 Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion on this day in history. Share it »
1583 On this day in history thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies Share it »
1600 On this day in history british East India Company chartered Share it »
1604 On this day in history admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam Share it »
1616 Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on this day in history. Share it »
1621 On this day in history hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov Share it »
1647 Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1652 On this day in history frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies Share it »
1660 James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France on this day in history. Share it »
1668 Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist on this day in history. Share it »
1669 France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty on this day in history. Share it »
1670 On this day in history france & England sign Boyne-treaty Share it »
1673 Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history. Share it »
1680 Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on this day in history. Share it »
1687 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope on this day in history. Share it »
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