Historical Events In October - 31
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0802 On October - 31 empress Irene of Byzantium driven out
0834 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints on this day in history.
1147 On October - 31 robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)
1291 Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet on October - 31.
1345 On this day in history ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)
1424 Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary on this day in history.
1448 Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.
1485 On October - 31 coronation of British king Henry VII
1517 On October - 31 luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation
1541 On October - 31 michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel
1541 Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer on October - 31.
1552 Emperor Karel & Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz on this day in history.
1556 On this day in history john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50
1587 Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575 on October - 31.
1596 English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant" on this day in history.
1617 Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies on this day in history.
1620 John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) on this day in history.
1632 On October - 31 the birth of Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter
1632 On this day in history jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer)
1634 Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 on October - 31.
1638 Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised on this day in history.
1641 On October - 31 cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41
1654 On October - 31 francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies
1661 On October - 31 mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies
1664 On this day in history willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51
1705 Clemens XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74) on this day in history.
1723 Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 on October - 31.
1740 William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.
1744 On October - 31 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50
1750 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet on October - 31.
1755 On this day in history jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist
1757 On this day in history ignaz Spangler, composer
1759 On this day in history earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred
1761 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary on October - 31.