Historical Events In May - 31

0070  On this day in history rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem   

0455  Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1223  Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River on this day in history.   

1246  On May - 31 isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1417  Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen on May - 31.   

1469  On May - 31 manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  On this day in history erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1495  Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League on this day in history.   

1504  On May - 31 engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies   

1531  On this day in history "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam wool house in churchyard aborted   

1531  "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted on this day in history.   

1551  On May - 31 aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) on this day in history.   

1564  On May - 31 battle on Gotland Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden   

1564  Battle on Gotland: Lubeck & Denmark beat Sweden on this day in history.   

1564  On May - 31 battle on Gotland: Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden   

1567  Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies on this day in history.   

1578  Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London on this day in history.   

1594  On this day in history tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75   

1620  On this day in history willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59   

1621  On May - 31 sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night   

1634  US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony on this day in history.   

1656  Marin Marias, composer on this day in history.   

1659  On May - 31 netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague   

1664  On this day in history giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal   

1665  On this day in history jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah   

1665  On this day in history pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67   

1669  Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary on May - 31.   

1674  Friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer on this day in history.   

1678  Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes on this day in history.   

1678  On this day in history lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes   

1696  John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius on this day in history.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.   

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.   

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.   

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on this day in history.   

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  On this day in history death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.