Historical Events For January - 31

0314  On January - 31 st Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0876  Charles becomes king of Italy on this day in history.  

1504  On January - 31 by treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon  

1517  On January - 31 gioseffo Zarlino, composer  

1531  On January - 31 kings Ferdinand of Austria/János Zápolyai of Hungary accept each other  

1531  On this day in history kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other  

1560  Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois on this day in history.  

1561  On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies  

1573  Ambrosius Metzger, composer on January - 31.  

1578  On January - 31 battle of Gembloers  

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1580  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on January - 31.  

1596  On this day in history catholic League disjoins  

1601  Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history in Tokaido, Japan a major earthquake causes 5,000 deaths. and generates a Tsunami.  

1606  Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason against England's King James I, is executed on this day in history.  

1606  Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on January - 31.  

1607  On January - 31 james Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby  

1609  Wisselbank of Amsterdam established on January - 31.  

1612  On this day in history hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia  

1614  On this day in history nicolas Saboly, composer  

1620  On January - 31 georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief  

1623  On this day in history francois-Xavier de Laval  

1627  Spanish government goes bankrupt where did all the New World gold go to? on this day in history.  

1627  Spanish government goes bankrupt on this day in history.  

1633  Nathaniel Crew, English bishop (Durham) on January - 31.  

1675  On this day in history cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft  

1679  Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1696  On January - 31 revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)  

1720  Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) on this day in history.  

1734  On January - 31 julien-Amable Mathieu, composer  

1747  Grand Pre, Nova Scotia Arthur Noble d1747 British commander at Grand Pre surprised by Villiers; loses 500 men on January - 31.  

1747  The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital on this day in history.  

1750  On January - 31 gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06)  

1759  Francois Devienne, composer on January - 31.  

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0877  On January - 31 birth of taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)  

1512  On this day in history birth of king Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)  

1517  On this day in history birth of gioseffo Zarlino, composer  

1543  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)  

1550  On January - 31 birth of henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)  

1573  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Metzger, composer  

1573  On January - 31 birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer  

1597  On January - 31 birth of john Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)  

0743  On January - 31 death of muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)  

1398  Death of Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) on January - 31.  

1435  On January - 31 death of xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)  

1561  On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies  

1580  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on this day in history.  

1606  On this day in history death of guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35  

1615  Death of Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543) on January - 31.  

1632  Death of Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) on this day in history.