Historical Events In December - 31

0192  On December - 31 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 December - 31 st. Silvester, Pope   

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

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

0439  On this day in history melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

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

0765  Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China on this day in history.   

0870  England's Ethelred I defeats the Danes December 31 in a skirmish at Englefield in Berkshire on December - 31.   

0870  Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.   

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.   

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

1382  On December - 31 daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

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

1424  Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.   

1492  100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on December - 31.   

1600  British East India Company chartered on December - 31.   

1604  On December - 31 admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.   

1621  On this day in history hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

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

1652  On December - 31 frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

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  On December - 31 france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

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

1673  Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history.   

1680  Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens on this day in history.   

1687  On this day in history 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope   

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.   

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1491  On December - 31 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  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

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

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on December - 31.   

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