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  St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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

0406  On December - 31 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  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 December - 31.   

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 this day in history daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.   

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  Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino on December - 31.   

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

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

1564  Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion on December - 31.   

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

1600  British East India Company chartered on December - 31.   

1604  Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam on December - 31.   

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

1621  On December - 31 hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.   

1652  On this day in history frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies   

1660  On December - 31 james II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.   

1668  On December - 31 hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

1669  On this day in history france & Brandenburg sign secret treaty   

1670  On December - 31 france & England sign Boyne-treaty   

1673  On December - 31 oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1680  On this day in history amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens   

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

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

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

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  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

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 December - 31.   

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

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

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

1164  Death of Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) on December - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)